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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 October 2017

On Friday 6 October, demand averaged 32.0 GW. Renewables supplied 24%.

32.0GW AVERAGEWind5.50 GW17%Hydro0.63 GW2%Solar1.60 GW5%Gas13.72 GW42%Coal1.18 GW4%Imports2.53 GW8%Nuclear7.42 GW23%32.0GW AVERAGE17%42%8%23%
Price
£46.65/MWh
Day average £46.65
Demand32.0GW
Generation 30.0Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables24%
Other31%
Carbon intensityModerate
231g/kWh
0Day average 231300
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Key moments

On Friday 6 October 2017, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 39.0 GW at 19:00. Carbon intensity averaged 231 g/kWh and the price £46.65/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.9 GW at 00:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (142 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (294 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £39.15/MWh at 15:00 to £67.03/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 46% 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 1.604.9%Wind 5.5016.9%Gas 13.7242.1%Hydro 0.631.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.4222.8%Coal 1.183.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.0avgGeneration 30.0avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.0GW · 19:00
Low 22.1 · 04:00Avg 32.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 30.0Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports47GWh
In
52 Out
5
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 2%Wind 18%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 6 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 October 2017, Great Britain imported 52 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (26 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 Oct
Imported
52GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
47GWh
Average net flow
1.97GW 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

Average1.06GWImporting

In 26.3 GWhOut 0.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.07GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 3.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 8.8 GWhPumped 8.3 GWh

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