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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 6 February 2018

On Tuesday 6 February, demand averaged 41.9 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

41.9GW AVERAGEWind4.81 GW11%Hydro0.44 GW1%Biomass1.37 GW3%Solar0.61 GW1%Gas22.51 GW53%Coal3.05 GW7%Imports2.65 GW6%Nuclear7.28 GW17%41.9GW AVERAGE11%53%7%17%
Price
£47.40/MWh
Day average £47.40
Demand41.9GW
Generation 40.1Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels53%
Renewables14%
Other26%
Carbon intensityHigh
325g/kWh
0Day average 325300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 6 February 2018, gas supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 17%. Demand peaked at 50.2 GW at 19:10. Carbon intensity averaged 325 g/kWh and the price £47.40/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 15:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (244 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (360 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £40.47/MWh at 23:30 to £59.90/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 56% 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 0.611.4%Wind 4.8111.3%Gas 22.5152.7%Hydro 0.441.0%Biomass 1.373.2%Nuclear 7.2817.0%Coal 3.057.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 41.9avgGeneration 40.1avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand50.2GW · 19:10
Low 30.3 · 04:15Avg 41.90–60 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 40.1Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports47GWh
In
56 Out
9
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 2%

Transfers · Tue 6 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 6 February 2018, Great Britain imported 56 GWh and exported 9 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (32 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 6 Feb
Imported
56GWh
Exported
9GWh
Net in
47GWh
Average net flow
1.98GW 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

Average1.19GWImporting

In 31.5 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.04GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 5.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.75GWImporting

In 18.3 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 7.1 GWhPumped 10.9 GWh

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