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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 5 October 2017

On Thursday 5 October, demand averaged 32.1 GW. Renewables supplied 38%.

32.1GW AVERAGEWind10.30 GW31%Hydro0.60 GW2%Solar1.67 GW5%Gas10.02 GW30%Coal0.67 GW2%Imports2.23 GW7%Nuclear7.53 GW23%32.1GW AVERAGE31%30%23%
Price
£45.76/MWh
Day average £45.76
Demand32.1GW
Generation 30.8Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels30%
Renewables38%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
169g/kWh
0Day average 169300
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Key moments

On Thursday 5 October 2017, wind supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 30%. Demand peaked at 40.0 GW at 19:10. Carbon intensity averaged 169 g/kWh and the price £45.76/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.4 GW at 12:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.2 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 05:00 (100 g/kWh) and highest at 17:30 (235 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £30.45/MWh at 03:00 to £68.47/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 33% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 16% across 2017.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.675.1%Wind 10.3031.2%Gas 10.0230.4%Hydro 0.601.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.5322.8%Coal 0.672.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.1avgGeneration 30.8avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.0GW · 19:10
Low 21.5 · 03:55Avg 32.10–60 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 30.8Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports34GWh
In
45 Out
11
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 2%Wind 33%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 5 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 5 October 2017, Great Britain imported 45 GWh and exported 11 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (23 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 5 Oct
Imported
45GWh
Exported
11GWh
Net in
34GWh
Average net flow
1.42GW 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

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.7 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.30GWExporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 10.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.2 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 8.0 GWhPumped 11.6 GWh

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