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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 10 October 2017

On Tuesday 10 October, demand averaged 32.4 GW. Renewables supplied 27%.

32.4GW AVERAGEWind8.18 GW24%Hydro0.43 GW1%Solar0.72 GW2%Gas13.45 GW39%Coal2.16 GW6%Imports1.64 GW5%Nuclear7.68 GW22%32.4GW AVERAGE24%39%22%
Price
£45.51/MWh
Day average £45.51
Demand32.4GW
Generation 32.6Transfers −0.2
Fossil fuels39%
Renewables27%
Other27%
Carbon intensityModerate
256g/kWh
0Day average 256300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 10 October 2017, gas supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 24%. Demand peaked at 41.2 GW at 18:45. Carbon intensity averaged 256 g/kWh and the price £45.51/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 10.7 GW at 20:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.9 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:30 (157 g/kWh) and highest at 09:00 (314 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £31.08/MWh at 03:00 to £59.27/MWh at 08:00. Gas made 41% 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 0.722.1%Wind 8.1823.9%Gas 13.4539.3%Hydro 0.431.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6822.4%Coal 2.166.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.4avgGeneration 32.6avgTransfers −0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.2GW · 18:45
Low 21.5 · 04:00Avg 32.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 32.6Transfers −0.2 GW
Net imports0GWh
In
34 Out
33
Zero-carbon share52%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 25%Solar 2%

Transfers · Tue 10 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 10 October 2017, Great Britain imported 34 GWh and exported 33 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (20 GWh), and the most exports went to France (31 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 10 Oct
Imported
34GWh
Exported
33GWh
Net in
0GWh
Average net flow
0.02GW 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

Average1.02GWExporting

In 6.5 GWhOut 31.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 7.4 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.82GWImporting

In 19.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.22GWPumping

Generated 5.8 GWhPumped 11.2 GWh

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