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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 18 August 2017

On Friday 18 August, demand averaged 28.6 GW. Renewables supplied 34%.

28.6GW AVERAGEWind7.56 GW26%Hydro0.33 GW1%Solar1.98 GW7%Gas7.78 GW27%Coal0.46 GW2%Imports3.08 GW11%Nuclear7.87 GW27%28.6GW AVERAGE26%27%11%27%
Price
£36.54/MWh
Day average £36.54
Demand28.6GW
Generation 26.0Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables34%
Other38%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 18 August 2017, nuclear supplied 27% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 34.8 GW at 13:00. The price £36.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.8 GW at 11:15. Solar generation peaked at 6.4 GW at 13:00. The wholesale price ranged from £10.42/MWh at 05:00 to £48.03/MWh at 20:30. Nuclear made 30% 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 1.986.8%Wind 7.5626.0%Gas 7.7826.8%Hydro 0.331.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8727.1%Coal 0.461.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.6avgGeneration 26.0avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.8GW · 13:00
Low 19.9 · 04:30Avg 28.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.0Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
66 Out
1
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 29%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 18 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 18 August 2017, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 18 Aug
Imported
66GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.71GW 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

Average1.68GWImporting

In 40.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 7.7 GWhPumped 10.3 GWh

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