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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 29 April 2017

On Saturday 29 April, demand averaged 28.9 GW. Renewables supplied 19%.

28.9GW AVERAGEWind3.97 GW14%Hydro0.18 GW1%Solar1.54 GW5%Gas13.08 GW45%Coal0.13 GW0%Imports3.27 GW11%Nuclear7.13 GW24%28.9GW AVERAGE14%45%11%24%
Price
£42.53/MWh
Day average £42.53
Demand28.9GW
Generation 26.0Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables19%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 29 April 2017, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 33.6 GW at 10:30. The price £42.53/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.0 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 12:30. The wholesale price ranged from £30.83/MWh at 15:30 to £61.28/MWh at 08:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.545.2%Wind 3.9713.6%Gas 13.0844.6%Hydro 0.180.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1324.3%Coal 0.130.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.9avgGeneration 26.0avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.6GW · 10:30
Low 22.6 · 04:40Avg 28.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 26.0Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports72GWh
In
72 Out
0
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 15%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sat 29 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 29 April 2017, Great Britain imported 72 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 29 Apr
Imported
72GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
72GWh
Average net flow
2.98GW 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

Average1.85GWImporting

In 44.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 7.0 GWhPumped 9.1 GWh

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