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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 13 October 2017

On Friday 13 October, demand averaged 31.7 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

31.7GW AVERAGEWind9.57 GW29%Hydro0.50 GW1%Solar0.52 GW2%Gas12.93 GW39%Coal0.36 GW1%Imports1.73 GW5%Nuclear7.75 GW23%31.7GW AVERAGE29%39%23%
Price
£46.29/MWh
Day average £46.29
Demand31.7GW
Generation 31.6Transfers 0.1
Fossil fuels39%
Renewables32%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
202g/kWh
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Key moments

On Friday 13 October 2017, gas supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 29%. Demand peaked at 39.0 GW at 18:45. Carbon intensity averaged 202 g/kWh and the price £46.29/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.0 GW at 16:25. Solar generation peaked at 2.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (137 g/kWh) and highest at 08:00 (247 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £30.48/MWh at 00:30 to £80.00/MWh at 19:00. 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 0.521.6%Wind 9.5728.7%Gas 12.9338.8%Hydro 0.501.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.7523.2%Coal 0.361.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.7avgGeneration 31.6avgTransfers 0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.0GW · 18:45
Low 21.5 · 04:45Avg 31.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 31.6Transfers 0.1 GW
Net imports3GWh
In
32 Out
29
Zero-carbon share58%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 2%Wind 30%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 13 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 13 October 2017, Great Britain imported 32 GWh and exported 29 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (25 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 13 Oct
Imported
32GWh
Exported
29GWh
Net in
3GWh
Average net flow
0.12GW 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

Average0.75GWExporting

In 7.4 GWhOut 25.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 8.7 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.63GWImporting

In 15.5 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.00GWIdle

Generated 9.8 GWhPumped 9.7 GWh

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