All interconnectors
Tue 3 Oct- Imported
- 43GWh
- Exported
- 16GWh
- Net in
- 27GWh
- Average net flow
- 1.13GW in
Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain
Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 3 October 2017
On Tuesday 3 October, demand averaged 31.7 GW. Renewables supplied 35%.
Price
£38.88/MWh
Day average £38.88
Demand31.7GW
Generation 30.5Transfers 1.2
Fossil fuels33%
Renewables35%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
176g/kWh
0Day average 176300
Key moments
On Tuesday 3 October 2017, gas supplied 33% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 30%. Demand peaked at 40.2 GW at 19:00. Carbon intensity averaged 176 g/kWh and the price £38.88/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.2 GW at 10:05. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:30 (84 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (250 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £16.29/MWh at 02:30 to £56.29/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 35% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.
Charts
Generation, demand, price and carbon
0
10
20
30
40
00:0006:0012:0018:00
Solar 1.374.2%Wind 9.6529.5%Gas 10.7432.8%Hydro 0.551.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.4822.9%Coal 0.742.2%
0
20
40
60
00:0006:0012:0018:00
£43.39
0
100
200
300
00:0006:0012:0018:00
153 g
-20
0
20
40
60
Demand 23.8Generation 22.1Transfers 1.7
00:0006:0012:0018:00
Demand 31.7avgGeneration 30.5avgTransfers 1.2avg
Peak demand40.2GW · 19:00
Low 20.7 · 04:10Avg 31.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 30.5Transfers 1.2 GW
Net imports27GWh
In43
Out16
Zero-carbon share62%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 2%Wind 32%Solar 4%
Transfers · Tue 3 Oct
Interconnectors and storage
On Tuesday 3 October 2017, Great Britain imported 43 GWh and exported 16 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (22 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (11 GWh).
Belgium
Nemo LinkAverage0.00GWIdle
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Denmark
Viking LinkAverage0.00GWIdle
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
France
IFA · IFA2 · ElecLinkAverage0.75GWImporting
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 21.6 GWhOut 3.6 GWh
Ireland
Moyle · East–West · GreenlinkAverage0.36GWExporting
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 2.3 GWhOut 11.1 GWh
Netherlands
BritNedAverage0.74GWImporting
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 18.8 GWhOut 0.9 GWh
Norway
North Sea LinkAverage0.00GWIdle
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh
Pumped storage
Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · FoyersAverage0.05GWGenerating
-2
-1
0
1
2
00:0006:0012:0018:00
Generated 9.7 GWhPumped 8.4 GWh
All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.
Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.