Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 10 June 2017

On Saturday 10 June, demand averaged 26.5 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

26.5GW AVERAGEWind6.64 GW25%Hydro0.15 GW1%Solar1.79 GW7%Gas6.50 GW24%Coal0.36 GW1%Imports2.96 GW11%Nuclear8.36 GW31%26.5GW AVERAGE25%24%11%31%
Price
£34.66/MWh
Day average £34.66
Demand26.5GW
Generation 23.8Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels24%
Renewables32%
Other42%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 10 June 2017, nuclear supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 25%. Demand peaked at 32.1 GW at 11:35. The price £34.66/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.7 GW at 16:40. Solar generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 12:00. The wholesale price ranged from £24.23/MWh at 06:30 to £45.45/MWh at 20:00. Nuclear made 35% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 24% across 2017.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.796.7%Wind 6.6424.8%Gas 6.5024.3%Hydro 0.150.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3631.3%Coal 0.361.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.5avgGeneration 23.8avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.1GW · 11:35
Low 18.8 · 04:55Avg 26.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 23.8Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
64 Out
0
Zero-carbon share71%of generation
Nuclear 35%Hydro 1%Wind 28%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sat 10 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 10 June 2017, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 10 Jun
Imported
64GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.68GW 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

Average1.49GWImporting

In 35.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.46GWImporting

In 11.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.73GWImporting

In 17.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 6.7 GWhPumped 6.3 GWh

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