Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 4 November 2017

On Saturday 4 November, demand averaged 31.7 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

31.7GW AVERAGEWind5.51 GW17%Hydro0.53 GW2%Biomass1.34 GW4%Solar0.46 GW1%Gas13.49 GW42%Coal0.88 GW3%Imports3.43 GW11%Nuclear6.58 GW20%31.7GW AVERAGE17%42%11%20%
Price
£45.23/MWh
Day average £45.23
Demand31.7GW
Generation 28.8Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables20%
Other35%
Carbon intensityModerate
236g/kWh
0Day average 236300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Saturday 4 November 2017, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 41.1 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 236 g/kWh and the price £45.23/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.5 GW at 14:55. Solar generation peaked at 2.4 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (180 g/kWh) and highest at 00:30 (270 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £34.08/MWh at 06:00 to £76.48/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 47% 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 0.461.4%Wind 5.5117.1%Gas 13.4941.9%Hydro 0.531.6%Biomass 1.344.2%Nuclear 6.5820.4%Coal 0.882.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.7avgGeneration 28.8avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.1GW · 17:30
Low 22.9 · 04:25Avg 31.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 28.8Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
75 Out
2
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 2%Wind 19%Solar 2%

Transfers · Sat 4 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 4 November 2017, Great Britain imported 75 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (46 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 4 Nov
Imported
75GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.06GW 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

Average1.92GWImporting

In 46.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.21GWImporting

In 7.0 GWhOut 1.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 7.0 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.