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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 11 May 2018

On Friday 11 May, demand averaged 31.3 GW. Renewables supplied 33%.

31.3GW AVERAGEWind8.28 GW26%Hydro0.34 GW1%Biomass2.06 GW6%Solar1.72 GW5%Gas8.92 GW28%Coal0.19 GW1%Imports2.96 GW9%Nuclear7.31 GW23%31.3GW AVERAGE26%28%9%23%
Price
£46.30/MWh
Day average £46.30
Demand31.3GW
Generation 28.8Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables33%
Other39%
Carbon intensityLow
162g/kWh
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Key moments

On Friday 11 May 2018, gas supplied 28% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 26%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 12:25. Carbon intensity averaged 162 g/kWh and the price £46.30/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.7 GW at 15:55. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:00 (123 g/kWh) and highest at 23:00 (220 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £30.92/MWh at 03:00 to £62.54/MWh at 21:00. Gas made 31% 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 1.725.4%Wind 8.2826.0%Gas 8.9228.1%Hydro 0.341.1%Biomass 2.066.5%Nuclear 7.3123.0%Coal 0.190.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.3avgGeneration 28.8avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 12:25
Low 22.5 · 04:10Avg 31.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.8Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports61GWh
In
65 Out
5
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 1%Wind 29%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 11 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 11 May 2018, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 11 May
Imported
65GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
61GWh
Average net flow
2.53GW 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

Average1.84GWImporting

In 44.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 4.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.3 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 5.8 GWhPumped 7.6 GWh

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