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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 7 July 2017

On Friday 7 July, demand averaged 29.7 GW. Renewables supplied 15%.

29.7GW AVERAGEWind2.13 GW7%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar2.09 GW7%Gas14.90 GW49%Coal0.69 GW2%Imports3.20 GW11%Nuclear6.97 GW23%29.7GW AVERAGE7%49%11%23%
Price
£44.23/MWh
Day average £44.23
Demand29.7GW
Generation 27.0Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables15%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 7 July 2017, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 36.3 GW at 12:20. The price £44.23/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 3.1 GW at 14:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.0 GW at 12:00. The wholesale price ranged from £35.16/MWh at 04:30 to £61.78/MWh at 10:00. 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 2.096.9%Wind 2.137.0%Gas 14.9049.3%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.9723.1%Coal 0.692.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.7avgGeneration 27.0avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.3GW · 12:20
Low 20.0 · 04:50Avg 29.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.0Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports69GWh
In
70 Out
1
Zero-carbon share42%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 7 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 7 July 2017, Great Britain imported 70 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 7 Jul
Imported
70GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
69GWh
Average net flow
2.86GW 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

Average1.70GWImporting

In 40.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.31GWImporting

In 9.0 GWhOut 1.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 6.8 GWhPumped 10.3 GWh

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