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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 19 November 2018

On Monday 19 November, demand averaged 37.4 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

37.4GW AVERAGEWind10.56 GW27%Hydro0.49 GW1%Biomass2.09 GW5%Solar0.37 GW1%Gas13.12 GW34%Coal5.07 GW13%Imports1.51 GW4%Nuclear5.81 GW15%37.4GW AVERAGE27%34%13%15%
Price
£58.89/MWh
Day average £58.89
Demand37.4GW
Generation 37.5Transfers −0.1
Fossil fuels34%
Renewables29%
Other24%
Carbon intensityHigh
306g/kWh
0Day average 306300
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Key moments

On Monday 19 November 2018, gas supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 27%. Demand peaked at 47.5 GW at 17:00. Carbon intensity averaged 306 g/kWh and the price £58.89/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.2 GW at 22:15. Solar generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (200 g/kWh) and highest at 09:30 (367 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £47.94/MWh at 04:30 to £75.50/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 35% 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 0.371.0%Wind 10.5627.1%Gas 13.1233.6%Hydro 0.491.3%Biomass 2.095.3%Nuclear 5.8114.9%Coal 5.0713.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.4avgGeneration 37.5avgTransfers −0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand47.5GW · 17:00
Low 24.5 · 04:00Avg 37.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 37.5Transfers −0.1 GW
Net imports2GWh
In
31 Out
29
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 28%Solar 1%

Transfers · Mon 19 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 19 November 2018, Great Britain imported 31 GWh and exported 29 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (24 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 19 Nov
Imported
31GWh
Exported
29GWh
Net in
2GWh
Average net flow
0.08GW 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

Average0.79GWExporting

In 5.4 GWhOut 24.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWExporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 4.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 5.0 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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