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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 2 December 2017

On Saturday 2 December, demand averaged 36.6 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

36.6GW AVERAGEWind4.52 GW12%Hydro0.49 GW1%Biomass2.03 GW5%Solar0.22 GW1%Gas17.06 GW44%Coal6.16 GW16%Imports1.52 GW4%Nuclear6.57 GW17%36.6GW AVERAGE12%44%16%17%
Price
£55.78/MWh
Day average £55.78
Demand36.6GW
Generation 37.0Transfers −0.4
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables14%
Other26%
Carbon intensityHigh
391g/kWh
0Day average 391300
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Key moments

On Saturday 2 December 2017, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 17%. Demand peaked at 45.3 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 391 g/kWh and the price £55.78/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 21:50. Solar generation peaked at 1.4 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (345 g/kWh) and highest at 15:30 (418 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £44.04/MWh at 02:30 to £76.04/MWh at 16:30. Gas made 46% 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 0.220.6%Wind 4.5211.7%Gas 17.0644.2%Hydro 0.491.3%Biomass 2.035.3%Nuclear 6.5717.0%Coal 6.1616.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.6avgGeneration 37.0avgTransfers −0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.3GW · 17:20
Low 27.9 · 04:40Avg 36.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 37.0Transfers −0.4 GW
Net exports7GWh
In
29 Out
36
Zero-carbon share32%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sat 2 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 2 December 2017, Great Britain imported 29 GWh and exported 36 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to France (29 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 2 Dec
Imported
29GWh
Exported
36GWh
Net out
7GWh
Average net flow
0.28GW 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

Average1.20GWExporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 29.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.04GWExporting

In 5.9 GWhOut 7.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 7.2 GWhPumped 10.0 GWh

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