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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 11 January 2019

On Friday 11 January, demand averaged 38.8 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

38.8GW AVERAGEWind6.28 GW16%Hydro0.43 GW1%Biomass2.16 GW5%Solar0.24 GW1%Gas20.19 GW51%Coal2.36 GW6%Imports1.84 GW5%Nuclear6.48 GW16%38.8GW AVERAGE16%51%16%
Price
—/MWh
Demand38.8GW
Generation 38.1Transfers 0.7
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables17%
Other26%
Carbon intensityHigh
299g/kWh
0Day average 299300
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Key moments

On Friday 11 January 2019, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 47.5 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 299 g/kWh. Data for this day starts at 00:05. Wind generation peaked at 11.6 GW at 23:45. Solar generation peaked at 1.5 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (151 g/kWh) and highest at 15:00 (366 g/kWh). Gas made 53% 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 0.240.6%Wind 6.2815.7%Gas 20.1950.5%Hydro 0.431.1%Biomass 2.165.4%Nuclear 6.4816.2%Coal 2.365.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.8avgGeneration 38.1avgTransfers 0.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand47.5GW · 17:30
Low 27.9 · 05:00Avg 38.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 38.1Transfers 0.7 GW
Net imports19GWh
In
40 Out
22
Zero-carbon share35%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 16%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 11 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 11 January 2019, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 11 Jan
Imported
40GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
19GWh
Average net flow
0.79GW 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

Average0.31GWImporting

In 16.3 GWhOut 8.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.49GWExporting

In 1.0 GWhOut 12.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 3.6 GWhPumped 6.8 GWh

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