Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 11 June 2018

On Monday 11 June, demand averaged 30.7 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

30.7GW AVERAGEWind2.43 GW8%Hydro0.12 GW0%Biomass1.82 GW6%Solar3.05 GW10%Gas13.13 GW42%Coal0.22 GW1%Imports2.93 GW9%Nuclear7.78 GW25%30.7GW AVERAGE8%10%42%9%25%
Price
£51.30/MWh
Day average £51.30
Demand30.7GW
Generation 28.5Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables18%
Other40%
Carbon intensityModerate
244g/kWh
0Day average 244300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Monday 11 June 2018, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 37.6 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 244 g/kWh and the price £51.30/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.0 GW at 18:55. Solar generation peaked at 8.8 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (226 g/kWh) and highest at 08:00 (263 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £43.87/MWh at 04:30 to £63.49/MWh at 09:00. Gas made 46% 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 3.059.7%Wind 2.437.7%Gas 13.1341.7%Hydro 0.120.4%Biomass 1.825.8%Nuclear 7.7824.7%Coal 0.220.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.7avgGeneration 28.5avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.6GW · 12:30
Low 20.3 · 04:40Avg 30.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 28.5Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
65 Out
8
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 0%Wind 8%Solar 11%

Transfers · Mon 11 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 11 June 2018, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 8 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (8 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 11 Jun
Imported
65GWh
Exported
8GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.35GW 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

Average1.81GWImporting

In 43.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 7.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.60GWImporting

In 15.0 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 5.8 GWhPumped 9.8 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.