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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 9 January 2019

On Wednesday 9 January, demand averaged 39.5 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

39.5GW AVERAGEWind5.31 GW13%Hydro0.43 GW1%Biomass2.02 GW5%Solar0.65 GW2%Gas19.95 GW49%Coal3.09 GW8%Imports2.81 GW7%Nuclear6.57 GW16%39.5GW AVERAGE13%49%8%16%
Price
£50.46/MWh
Day average £50.46
Demand39.5GW
Generation 38.0Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables16%
Other28%
Carbon intensityHigh
313g/kWh
0Day average 313300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 9 January 2019, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 46.8 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 313 g/kWh and the price £50.46/MWh. Data for this day starts at 00:05. Wind generation peaked at 7.8 GW at 00:30. Solar generation peaked at 3.6 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:05 (213 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (379 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £50.46/MWh at 00:05 to £50.46/MWh at 00:05. Gas made 52% 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 0.651.6%Wind 5.3113.0%Gas 19.9548.9%Hydro 0.431.0%Biomass 2.025.0%Nuclear 6.5716.1%Coal 3.097.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 39.5avgGeneration 38.0avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.8GW · 17:20
Low 27.2 · 04:00Avg 39.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 38.0Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports42GWh
In
64 Out
22
Zero-carbon share34%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 14%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 9 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 9 January 2019, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (22 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 9 Jan
Imported
64GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
42GWh
Average net flow
1.74GW 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

Average1.70GWImporting

In 40.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.93GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 22.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.22GWPumping

Generated 3.4 GWhPumped 8.7 GWh

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