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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 31 October 2017

On Tuesday 31 October, demand averaged 34.2 GW. Renewables supplied 22%.

34.2GW AVERAGEWind6.90 GW19%Hydro0.55 GW2%Solar0.47 GW1%Gas16.27 GW45%Coal1.61 GW4%Imports1.73 GW5%Nuclear8.34 GW23%34.2GW AVERAGE19%45%23%
Price
£47.88/MWh
Day average £47.88
Demand34.2GW
Generation 34.1Transfers 0.0
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables22%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
261g/kWh
0Day average 261300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 31 October 2017, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 44.3 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 261 g/kWh and the price £47.88/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.2 GW at 12:15. Solar generation peaked at 2.4 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (176 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (307 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £39.72/MWh at 04:00 to £74.09/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 48% 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 0.471.3%Wind 6.9019.3%Gas 16.2745.4%Hydro 0.551.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3423.2%Coal 1.614.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.2avgGeneration 34.1avgTransfers 0.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.3GW · 17:20
Low 22.8 · 03:55Avg 34.20–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 34.1Transfers 0.0 GW
Net imports3GWh
In
34 Out
31
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 2%Wind 20%Solar 1%

Transfers · Tue 31 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 31 October 2017, Great Britain imported 34 GWh and exported 31 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (29 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 31 Oct
Imported
34GWh
Exported
31GWh
Net in
3GWh
Average net flow
0.13GW 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

Average0.96GWExporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 28.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.19GWImporting

In 6.7 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.90GWImporting

In 21.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 7.3 GWhPumped 9.8 GWh

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