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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 9 December 2017

On Saturday 9 December, demand averaged 38.4 GW. Renewables supplied 19%.

38.4GW AVERAGEWind6.46 GW16%Hydro0.69 GW2%Biomass2.04 GW5%Solar0.46 GW1%Gas16.19 GW40%Coal7.03 GW17%Imports1.55 GW4%Nuclear5.99 GW15%38.4GW AVERAGE16%40%17%15%
Price
£58.54/MWh
Day average £58.54
Demand38.4GW
Generation 38.9Transfers −0.4
Fossil fuels40%
Renewables19%
Other24%
Carbon intensityVery high
379g/kWh
0Day average 379300
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Key moments

On Saturday 9 December 2017, gas supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and coal 17%. Demand peaked at 47.4 GW at 17:15. Carbon intensity averaged 379 g/kWh and the price £58.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.2 GW at 00:15. Solar generation peaked at 2.5 GW at 10:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (263 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (457 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £45.48/MWh at 03:30 to £86.43/MWh at 12:00. Gas made 42% 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 0.461.1%Wind 6.4616.0%Gas 16.1940.1%Hydro 0.691.7%Biomass 2.045.0%Nuclear 5.9914.8%Coal 7.0317.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.4avgGeneration 38.9avgTransfers −0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand47.4GW · 17:15
Low 29.0 · 04:50Avg 38.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 38.9Transfers −0.4 GW
Net exports7GWh
In
30 Out
37
Zero-carbon share35%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 17%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sat 9 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 9 December 2017, Great Britain imported 30 GWh and exported 37 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (29 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 9 Dec
Imported
30GWh
Exported
37GWh
Net out
7GWh
Average net flow
0.30GW 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

Average1.06GWExporting

In 3.9 GWhOut 29.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWExporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 7.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 7.3 GWhPumped 10.8 GWh

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