Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 2 February 2017

On Thursday 2 February, demand averaged 36.8 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

36.8GW AVERAGEWind10.25 GW27%Hydro0.49 GW1%Solar0.24 GW1%Gas10.35 GW28%Coal6.07 GW16%Imports2.52 GW7%Nuclear7.45 GW20%36.8GW AVERAGE27%28%16%20%
Price
£48.89/MWh
Day average £48.89
Demand36.8GW
Generation 34.9Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables29%
Other27%
Carbon intensity
—
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Thursday 2 February 2017, gas supplied 28% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 27%. Demand peaked at 46.5 GW at 17:30. The price £48.89/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.6 GW at 21:10. Solar generation peaked at 1.0 GW at 13:00. The wholesale price ranged from £33.57/MWh at 23:30 to £83.10/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 30% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.240.6%Wind 10.2527.4%Gas 10.3527.7%Hydro 0.491.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.4519.9%Coal 6.0716.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.8avgGeneration 34.9avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.5GW · 17:30
Low 25.2 · 04:25Avg 36.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 34.9Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports51GWh
In
53 Out
2
Zero-carbon share53%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 1%Wind 29%Solar 1%

Transfers · Thu 2 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 2 February 2017, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (24 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 2 Feb
Imported
53GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
51GWh
Average net flow
2.14GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.00GWImporting

In 23.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.21GWImporting

In 6.8 GWhOut 1.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 7.5 GWhPumped 11.5 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.