All interconnectors
Sun 14 May- Imported
- 65GWh
- Exported
- 0GWh
- Net in
- 65GWh
- Average net flow
- 2.71GW in
Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain
Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 14 May 2017
On Sunday 14 May, demand averaged 25.8 GW. Renewables supplied 27%.
Price
£35.46/MWh
Day average £35.46
Demand25.8GW
Generation 23.4Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels35%
Renewables27%
Other38%
Carbon intensity
—
Key moments
On Sunday 14 May 2017, gas supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 30.9 GW at 12:00. The price £35.46/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 03:50. Solar generation peaked at 7.3 GW at 12:30. The wholesale price ranged from £30.19/MWh at 06:00 to £41.71/MWh at 09:30. Gas made 39% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.
Charts
Generation, demand, price and carbon
0
10
20
30
00:0006:0012:0018:00
Solar 2.489.4%Wind 4.5217.1%Gas 9.2135.0%Hydro 0.160.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.9626.4%Coal 0.080.3%
0
20
40
60
00:0006:0012:0018:00
£38.81
No data for this period
-10
0
10
20
30
40
Demand 21.9Generation 19.7Transfers 2.3
00:0006:0012:0018:00
Demand 25.8avgGeneration 23.4avgTransfers 2.4avg
Peak demand30.9GW · 12:00
Low 18.5 · 05:20Avg 25.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 23.4Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports65GWh
In65
Out0
Zero-carbon share60%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 11%
Transfers · Sun 14 May
Interconnectors and storage
On Sunday 14 May 2017, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh).
Belgium
Nemo LinkAverage0.00GWIdle
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Denmark
Viking LinkAverage0.00GWIdle
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
France
IFA · IFA2 · ElecLinkAverage1.65GWImporting
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 39.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Ireland
Moyle · East–West · GreenlinkAverage0.22GWImporting
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 5.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Netherlands
BritNedAverage0.84GWImporting
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 20.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Norway
North Sea LinkAverage0.00GWIdle
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Pumped storage
Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · FoyersAverage0.34GWPumping
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
Generated 5.2 GWhPumped 13.4 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.