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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 27 October 2017

On Friday 27 October, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 19%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind4.64 GW13%Hydro0.50 GW1%Solar1.44 GW4%Gas17.50 GW50%Coal1.25 GW4%Imports1.64 GW5%Nuclear7.79 GW22%32.8GW AVERAGE13%50%22%
Price
£41.07/MWh
Day average £41.07
Demand32.8GW
Generation 33.1Transfers −0.3
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables19%
Other27%
Carbon intensityModerate
281g/kWh
0Day average 281300
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Key moments

On Friday 27 October 2017, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 40.7 GW at 18:15. Carbon intensity averaged 281 g/kWh and the price £41.07/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.0 GW at 22:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.8 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (207 g/kWh) and highest at 08:30 (339 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £32.02/MWh at 03:00 to £52.81/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 53% 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 1.444.1%Wind 4.6413.3%Gas 17.5050.3%Hydro 0.501.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.7922.4%Coal 1.253.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 33.1avgTransfers −0.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.7GW · 18:15
Low 23.0 · 04:05Avg 32.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 33.1Transfers −0.3 GW
Net exports7GWh
In
33 Out
40
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 2%Wind 14%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 27 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 27 October 2017, Great Britain imported 33 GWh and exported 40 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to France (28 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 27 Oct
Imported
33GWh
Exported
40GWh
Net out
7GWh
Average net flow
0.31GW out

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

Average0.85GWExporting

In 7.2 GWhOut 27.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.42GWExporting

In 2.3 GWhOut 12.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 6.7 GWhPumped 7.0 GWh

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