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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 8 December 2017

On Friday 8 December, demand averaged 40.6 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

40.6GW AVERAGEWind12.37 GW29%Hydro0.63 GW2%Biomass2.02 GW5%Solar0.71 GW2%Gas11.72 GW28%Coal6.72 GW16%Imports1.70 GW4%Nuclear6.34 GW15%40.6GW AVERAGE29%28%16%15%
Price
£58.15/MWh
Day average £58.15
Demand40.6GW
Generation 40.5Transfers 0.1
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables32%
Other24%
Carbon intensityHigh
303g/kWh
0Day average 303300
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Key moments

On Friday 8 December 2017, wind supplied 29% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 50.6 GW at 17:05. Carbon intensity averaged 303 g/kWh and the price £58.15/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.1 GW at 12:45. Solar generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (183 g/kWh) and highest at 15:30 (372 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £44.34/MWh at 04:30 to £75.22/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 31% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 16% across 2017.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.711.7%Wind 12.3729.3%Gas 11.7227.8%Hydro 0.631.5%Biomass 2.024.8%Nuclear 6.3415.0%Coal 6.7215.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 40.6avgGeneration 40.5avgTransfers 0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand50.6GW · 17:05
Low 28.7 · 03:50Avg 40.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 40.5Transfers 0.1 GW
Net imports0GWh
In
32 Out
32
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 31%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 8 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 8 December 2017, Great Britain imported 32 GWh and exported 32 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (25 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 8 Dec
Imported
32GWh
Exported
32GWh
Net in
0GWh
Average net flow
0.02GW 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

Average0.75GWExporting

In 6.9 GWhOut 24.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.10GWExporting

In 4.2 GWhOut 6.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.87GWImporting

In 20.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWGenerating

Generated 8.9 GWhPumped 7.5 GWh

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