Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 19 April 2017

On Wednesday 19 April, demand averaged 25.2 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

25.2GW AVERAGEWind1.70 GW6%Hydro0.12 GW0%Solar2.11 GW8%Gas13.12 GW48%Imports3.23 GW12%Nuclear6.79 GW25%25.2GW AVERAGE8%48%12%25%
Price
£34.94/MWh
Day average £34.94
Demand25.2GW
Generation 23.8Transfers 1.4
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables14%
Other37%
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 Wednesday 19 April 2017, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 29.7 GW at 12:30. The price £34.94/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 1.8 GW at 23:30. Solar generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 12:30. The wholesale price ranged from £33.52/MWh at 01:00 to £39.00/MWh at 00:00. Gas made 55% 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 2.117.8%Wind 1.706.3%Gas 13.1248.5%Hydro 0.120.4%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.7925.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.2avgGeneration 23.8avgTransfers 1.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand29.7GW · 12:30
Low 23.0 · 03:30Avg 25.20–30 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 23.8Transfers 1.4 GW
Net imports77GWh
In
77 Out
0
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 0%Wind 7%Solar 9%

Transfers · Wed 19 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 19 April 2017, Great Britain imported 77 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 19 Apr
Imported
77GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
77GWh
Average net flow
3.23GW 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

Average2.00GWImporting

In 47.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.23GWImporting

In 5.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 24.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average1.85GWPumping

Generated 0.0 GWhPumped 44.3 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.