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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 29 May 2018

On Tuesday 29 May, demand averaged 30.8 GW. Renewables supplied 24%.

30.8GW AVERAGEWind5.89 GW19%Hydro0.21 GW1%Biomass2.05 GW6%Solar1.42 GW5%Gas11.89 GW38%Coal0.27 GW1%Imports2.56 GW8%Nuclear7.24 GW23%30.8GW AVERAGE19%38%8%23%
Price
£57.27/MWh
Day average £57.27
Demand30.8GW
Generation 29.0Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels38%
Renewables24%
Other38%
Carbon intensityModerate
209g/kWh
0Day average 209300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 29 May 2018, gas supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 37.3 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 209 g/kWh and the price £57.27/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.4 GW at 18:40. Solar generation peaked at 4.7 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:30 (185 g/kWh) and highest at 11:00 (230 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £41.16/MWh at 03:30 to £68.82/MWh at 10:00. Gas made 41% 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 1.424.5%Wind 5.8918.7%Gas 11.8937.7%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 2.056.5%Nuclear 7.2423.0%Coal 0.270.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.8avgGeneration 29.0avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.3GW · 12:05
Low 20.6 · 04:40Avg 30.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 29.0Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports46GWh
In
55 Out
10
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 1%Wind 20%Solar 5%

Transfers · Tue 29 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 29 May 2018, Great Britain imported 55 GWh and exported 10 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (8 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 29 May
Imported
55GWh
Exported
10GWh
Net in
46GWh
Average net flow
1.90GW 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

Average1.83GWImporting

In 44.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.21GWImporting

In 6.7 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.15GWExporting

In 4.6 GWhOut 8.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 8.5 GWh

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