Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 9 September 2018

On Sunday 9 September, demand averaged 27.2 GW. Renewables supplied 40%.

27.2GW AVERAGEWind9.34 GW34%Hydro0.18 GW1%Biomass1.36 GW5%Solar1.54 GW6%Gas5.55 GW20%Coal0.81 GW3%Imports1.97 GW7%Nuclear6.90 GW25%27.2GW AVERAGE34%20%7%25%
Price
£60.51/MWh
Day average £60.51
Demand27.2GW
Generation 25.7Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables40%
Other37%
Carbon intensityLow
157g/kWh
0Day average 157300
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 Sunday 9 September 2018, wind supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 33.5 GW at 20:10. Carbon intensity averaged 157 g/kWh and the price £60.51/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.7 GW at 14:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (113 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (194 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £49.99/MWh at 15:00 to £81.97/MWh at 20:00. Wind made 36% 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 1.545.6%Wind 9.3433.8%Gas 5.5520.1%Hydro 0.180.6%Biomass 1.364.9%Nuclear 6.9025.0%Coal 0.812.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.2avgGeneration 25.7avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.5GW · 20:10
Low 19.6 · 04:50Avg 27.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 25.7Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports43GWh
In
43 Out
0
Zero-carbon share70%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 36%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sun 9 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 9 September 2018, Great Britain imported 43 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (19 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 9 Sept
Imported
43GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
43GWh
Average net flow
1.77GW 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

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 5.3 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.77GWImporting

In 18.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.31GWPumping

Generated 4.4 GWhPumped 11.7 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.