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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 17 October 2017

On Tuesday 17 October, demand averaged 33.0 GW. Renewables supplied 28%.

33.0GW AVERAGEWind8.04 GW23%Hydro0.50 GW1%Solar0.98 GW3%Gas13.73 GW40%Coal2.28 GW7%Imports1.88 GW5%Nuclear7.17 GW21%33.0GW AVERAGE23%40%21%
Price
£39.99/MWh
Day average £39.99
Demand33.0GW
Generation 32.7Transfers 0.3
Fossil fuels40%
Renewables28%
Other26%
Carbon intensityModerate
259g/kWh
0Day average 259300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 17 October 2017, gas supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 23%. Demand peaked at 41.5 GW at 18:20. Carbon intensity averaged 259 g/kWh and the price £39.99/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.4 GW at 10:25. Solar generation peaked at 4.0 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:30 (134 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (369 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £18.09/MWh at 04:30 to £81.97/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 42% 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 0.982.8%Wind 8.0423.3%Gas 13.7339.7%Hydro 0.501.4%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1720.7%Coal 2.286.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.0avgGeneration 32.7avgTransfers 0.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.5GW · 18:20
Low 22.3 · 04:15Avg 33.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 32.7Transfers 0.3 GW
Net imports9GWh
In
36 Out
28
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 2%Wind 25%Solar 3%

Transfers · Tue 17 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 17 October 2017, Great Britain imported 36 GWh and exported 28 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (16 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 17 Oct
Imported
36GWh
Exported
28GWh
Net in
9GWh
Average net flow
0.35GW 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

Average0.07GWExporting

In 14.6 GWhOut 16.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.25GWExporting

In 5.1 GWhOut 11.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.67GWImporting

In 16.4 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 8.9 GWhPumped 11.3 GWh

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