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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 11 August 2017

On Friday 11 August, demand averaged 28.1 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

28.1GW AVERAGEWind5.51 GW19%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar1.59 GW6%Gas10.05 GW35%Coal0.67 GW2%Imports3.35 GW12%Nuclear7.14 GW25%28.1GW AVERAGE19%35%12%25%
Price
£38.86/MWh
Day average £38.86
Demand28.1GW
Generation 25.2Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels35%
Renewables26%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 11 August 2017, gas supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 34.5 GW at 11:15. The price £38.86/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.6 GW at 17:25. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 12:30. The wholesale price ranged from £23.61/MWh at 04:00 to £49.05/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 40% 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 1.595.6%Wind 5.5119.3%Gas 10.0535.2%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1425.0%Coal 0.672.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.1avgGeneration 25.2avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.5GW · 11:15
Low 19.2 · 02:55Avg 28.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 25.2Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports75GWh
In
75 Out
0
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 22%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 11 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 11 August 2017, Great Britain imported 75 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 11 Aug
Imported
75GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
75GWh
Average net flow
3.13GW 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

Average1.80GWImporting

In 43.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.47GWImporting

In 11.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.87GWImporting

In 20.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 5.1 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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