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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 8 August 2017

On Tuesday 8 August, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind1.44 GW5%Hydro0.36 GW1%Solar1.02 GW4%Gas13.74 GW48%Coal0.50 GW2%Imports3.42 GW12%Nuclear8.36 GW29%28.5GW AVERAGE48%12%29%
Price
£44.55/MWh
Day average £44.55
Demand28.5GW
Generation 25.4Transfers 3.1
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables10%
Other41%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 8 August 2017, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 29%. Demand peaked at 34.8 GW at 17:25. The price £44.55/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 23:50. Solar generation peaked at 3.0 GW at 15:00. The wholesale price ranged from £33.24/MWh at 03:00 to £61.53/MWh at 16:30. Gas made 54% 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 1.023.5%Wind 1.445.0%Gas 13.7447.6%Hydro 0.361.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3629.0%Coal 0.501.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 25.4avgTransfers 3.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.8GW · 17:25
Low 19.0 · 03:55Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 25.4Transfers 3.1 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
74 Out
1
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 33%Hydro 1%Wind 6%Solar 4%

Transfers · Tue 8 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 8 August 2017, Great Britain imported 74 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 8 Aug
Imported
74GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.03GW 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

Average1.89GWImporting

In 45.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 7.2 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.90GWImporting

In 21.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWGenerating

Generated 7.8 GWhPumped 7.1 GWh

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