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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 12 January 2019

On Saturday 12 January, demand averaged 34.5 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

34.5GW AVERAGEWind14.53 GW42%Hydro0.34 GW1%Biomass1.12 GW3%Solar0.12 GW0%Gas9.29 GW27%Coal0.50 GW1%Imports2.78 GW8%Nuclear6.06 GW17%34.5GW AVERAGE42%27%8%17%
Price
—/MWh
Demand34.5GW
Generation 32.0Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables43%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
153g/kWh
0Day average 153300
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Key moments

On Saturday 12 January 2019, wind supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 42.8 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 153 g/kWh. Data for this day starts at 00:15. Wind generation peaked at 15.9 GW at 12:50. Solar generation peaked at 0.7 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (104 g/kWh) and highest at 16:00 (193 g/kWh). Wind made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.120.4%Wind 14.5341.8%Gas 9.2926.7%Hydro 0.341.0%Biomass 1.123.2%Nuclear 6.0617.4%Coal 0.501.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.5avgGeneration 32.0avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand42.8GW · 17:25
Low 25.5 · 04:50Avg 34.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 32.0Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
60 Out
0
Zero-carbon share66%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 45%Solar 0%

Transfers · Sat 12 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 12 January 2019, Great Britain imported 60 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 12 Jan
Imported
60GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
60GWh
Average net flow
2.53GW 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

Average1.45GWImporting

In 34.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.34GWImporting

In 8.4 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.74GWImporting

In 17.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 5.6 GWhPumped 6.0 GWh

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