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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 3 February 2018

On Saturday 3 February, demand averaged 36.5 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

36.5GW AVERAGEWind2.86 GW8%Hydro0.55 GW1%Biomass1.36 GW4%Solar0.23 GW1%Gas19.63 GW53%Coal1.54 GW4%Imports3.92 GW11%Nuclear6.91 GW19%36.5GW AVERAGE8%53%11%19%
Price
£48.04/MWh
Day average £48.04
Demand36.5GW
Generation 33.1Transfers 3.4
Fossil fuels53%
Renewables10%
Other33%
Carbon intensityHigh
306g/kWh
0Day average 306300
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Key moments

On Saturday 3 February 2018, gas supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 19%. Demand peaked at 45.2 GW at 17:45. Carbon intensity averaged 306 g/kWh and the price £48.04/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 1.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (240 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (342 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £39.08/MWh at 02:00 to £81.79/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 59% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2018.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.230.6%Wind 2.867.7%Gas 19.6353.0%Hydro 0.551.5%Biomass 1.363.7%Nuclear 6.9118.7%Coal 1.544.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.5avgGeneration 33.1avgTransfers 3.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.2GW · 17:45
Low 27.4 · 04:40Avg 36.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 33.1Transfers 3.4 GW
Net imports87GWh
In
87 Out
0
Zero-carbon share32%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 2%Wind 9%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sat 3 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 3 February 2018, Great Britain imported 87 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 3 Feb
Imported
87GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
87GWh
Average net flow
3.62GW 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

Average2.00GWImporting

In 47.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.63GWImporting

In 15.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 7.3 GWhPumped 11.7 GWh

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