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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 10 November 2018

On Saturday 10 November, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 22%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind5.51 GW20%Hydro0.63 GW2%Biomass1.72 GW6%Gas9.63 GW35%Coal1.14 GW4%Imports2.85 GW10%Nuclear6.33 GW23%27.4GW AVERAGE20%35%10%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand27.4GW
Generation 24.9Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels35%
Renewables22%
Other39%
Carbon intensityModerate
230g/kWh
0Day average 230300
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Key moments

On Saturday 10 November 2018, gas supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 27.4 GW at 23:55. Carbon intensity averaged 230 g/kWh. Data for this day starts at 23:55. Wind generation peaked at 5.5 GW at 23:55. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:55 (230 g/kWh) and highest at 23:55 (230 g/kWh). Gas made 39% 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 0.000.0%Wind 5.5119.8%Gas 9.6334.6%Hydro 0.632.3%Biomass 1.726.2%Nuclear 6.3322.8%Coal 1.144.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 24.9avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand27.4GW · 23:55
Low 27.4 · 23:55Avg 27.40–30 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 24.9Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports0GWh
In
0 Out
0
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 3%Wind 22%Solar 0%

Transfers · Sat 10 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 10 November 2018, Great Britain imported 0 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (0 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 10 Nov
Imported
0GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
0GWh
Average net flow
2.58GW 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

Average1.90GWImporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.95GWImporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 0.0 GWhPumped 0.0 GWh

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