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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 28 February 2018

On Wednesday 28 February, demand averaged 43.8 GW. Renewables supplied 28%.

43.8GW AVERAGEWind11.53 GW25%Hydro0.47 GW1%Biomass1.40 GW3%Solar0.88 GW2%Gas11.60 GW26%Coal10.53 GW23%Imports1.74 GW4%Nuclear7.27 GW16%43.8GW AVERAGE25%26%23%16%
Price
£127.13/MWh
Day average £127.13
Demand43.8GW
Generation 43.7Transfers 0.1
Fossil fuels26%
Renewables28%
Other23%
Carbon intensityHigh
386g/kWh
0Day average 386300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 28 February 2018, gas supplied 26% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 25%. Demand peaked at 50.9 GW at 18:15. Carbon intensity averaged 386 g/kWh and the price £127.13/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.6 GW at 12:00. Solar generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (334 g/kWh) and highest at 01:30 (432 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £52.63/MWh at 23:30 to £194.02/MWh at 09:30. Gas made 27% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2018.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.881.9%Wind 11.5325.4%Gas 11.6025.5%Hydro 0.471.0%Biomass 1.403.1%Nuclear 7.2716.0%Coal 10.5323.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 43.8avgGeneration 43.7avgTransfers 0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand50.9GW · 18:15
Low 32.9 · 04:25Avg 43.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 43.7Transfers 0.1 GW
Net imports2GWh
In
32 Out
30
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 26%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 28 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 28 February 2018, Great Britain imported 32 GWh and exported 30 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh), and the most exports went to France (27 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 28 Feb
Imported
32GWh
Exported
30GWh
Net in
2GWh
Average net flow
0.10GW 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

Average0.89GWExporting

In 5.5 GWhOut 26.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.01GWExporting

In 3.1 GWhOut 3.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 9.4 GWhPumped 9.5 GWh

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