Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 14 June 2018

On Thursday 14 June, demand averaged 31.3 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

31.3GW AVERAGEWind11.34 GW35%Hydro0.11 GW0%Biomass0.78 GW2%Solar2.36 GW7%Gas8.04 GW25%Coal0.15 GW0%Imports2.16 GW7%Nuclear7.20 GW22%31.3GW AVERAGE35%7%25%22%
Price
£44.54/MWh
Day average £44.54
Demand31.3GW
Generation 30.0Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables43%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
147g/kWh
0Day average 147300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Records set on this day

All records

Key moments

On Thursday 14 June 2018, wind supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 38.6 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 147 g/kWh and the price £44.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.5 GW at 10:25. Solar generation peaked at 7.5 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:00 (107 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (212 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £1.83/MWh at 03:30 to £64.59/MWh at 22:00. Wind made 38% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 19% across 2018.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.367.3%Wind 11.3435.3%Gas 8.0425.0%Hydro 0.110.4%Biomass 0.782.4%Nuclear 7.2022.4%Coal 0.150.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.3avgGeneration 30.0avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.6GW · 12:30
Low 21.0 · 04:25Avg 31.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 30.0Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports36GWh
In
44 Out
7
Zero-carbon share70%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 0%Wind 38%Solar 8%

Transfers · Thu 14 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 14 June 2018, Great Britain imported 44 GWh and exported 7 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (32 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 14 Jun
Imported
44GWh
Exported
7GWh
Net in
36GWh
Average net flow
1.52GW 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

Average1.26GWImporting

In 32.4 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 7.5 GWhOut 1.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.02GWImporting

In 4.0 GWhOut 3.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 8.1 GWhPumped 13.2 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.