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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 8 September 2018

On Saturday 8 September, demand averaged 28.0 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

28.0GW AVERAGEWind5.00 GW18%Hydro0.16 GW1%Biomass1.39 GW5%Solar0.86 GW3%Gas9.45 GW34%Coal1.80 GW6%Imports2.14 GW8%Nuclear7.31 GW26%28.0GW AVERAGE18%34%8%26%
Price
£73.59/MWh
Day average £73.59
Demand28.0GW
Generation 26.0Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels34%
Renewables21%
Other39%
Carbon intensityModerate
252g/kWh
0Day average 252300
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Key moments

On Saturday 8 September 2018, gas supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 32.7 GW at 10:45. Carbon intensity averaged 252 g/kWh and the price £73.59/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.2 GW at 22:15. Solar generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (201 g/kWh) and highest at 09:00 (280 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £63.67/MWh at 14:30 to £84.42/MWh at 19:30. Gas made 36% 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 0.863.1%Wind 5.0017.8%Gas 9.4533.6%Hydro 0.160.6%Biomass 1.394.9%Nuclear 7.3126.0%Coal 1.806.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.0avgGeneration 26.0avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.7GW · 10:45
Low 20.5 · 04:20Avg 28.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 26.0Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports47GWh
In
47 Out
1
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sat 8 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 8 September 2018, Great Britain imported 47 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 8 Sept
Imported
47GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
47GWh
Average net flow
1.94GW 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

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 5.4 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 4.2 GWhPumped 3.0 GWh

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