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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 2 January 2019

On Wednesday 2 January, demand averaged 36.4 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

36.4GW AVERAGEWind2.70 GW7%Hydro0.55 GW1%Biomass2.04 GW5%Solar0.30 GW1%Gas20.23 GW54%Coal2.74 GW7%Imports3.12 GW8%Nuclear5.97 GW16%36.4GW AVERAGE7%54%7%8%16%
Price
£64.13/MWh
Day average £64.13
Demand36.4GW
Generation 34.6Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels54%
Renewables9%
Other30%
Carbon intensityHigh
330g/kWh
0Day average 330300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 2 January 2019, gas supplied 54% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 46.0 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 330 g/kWh and the price £64.13/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 1.8 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (242 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (394 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £0.00/MWh at 23:30 to £113.78/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 59% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2019.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.300.8%Wind 2.707.2%Gas 20.2353.7%Hydro 0.551.5%Biomass 2.045.4%Nuclear 5.9715.9%Coal 2.747.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.4avgGeneration 34.6avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.0GW · 17:30
Low 24.1 · 04:15Avg 36.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 34.6Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports41GWh
In
65 Out
23
Zero-carbon share28%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 8%Solar 1%

Transfers · Wed 2 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 2 January 2019, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 23 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (23 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 2 Jan
Imported
65GWh
Exported
23GWh
Net in
41GWh
Average net flow
1.73GW 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

Average1.87GWImporting

In 44.9 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.97GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 23.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.83GWImporting

In 20.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWGenerating

Generated 10.0 GWhPumped 7.2 GWh

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