Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 18 January 2019

On Friday 18 January, demand averaged 40.5 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

40.5GW AVERAGEWind7.72 GW19%Hydro0.49 GW1%Biomass2.39 GW6%Solar0.39 GW1%Gas19.15 GW46%Coal2.99 GW7%Imports2.63 GW6%Nuclear5.51 GW13%40.5GW AVERAGE19%46%7%13%
Price
£56.83/MWh
Day average £56.83
Demand40.5GW
Generation 38.6Transfers 1.9
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables21%
Other25%
Carbon intensityHigh
301g/kWh
0Day average 301300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Friday 18 January 2019, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 19%. Demand peaked at 47.8 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity averaged 301 g/kWh and the price £56.83/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.0 GW at 19:10. Solar generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (213 g/kWh) and highest at 02:00 (339 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £48.66/MWh at 04:30 to £63.92/MWh at 17:00. Gas made 50% 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 0.391.0%Wind 7.7218.7%Gas 19.1546.4%Hydro 0.491.2%Biomass 2.395.8%Nuclear 5.5113.3%Coal 2.997.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 40.5avgGeneration 38.6avgTransfers 1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand47.8GW · 11:00
Low 29.2 · 03:55Avg 40.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 38.6Transfers 1.9 GW
Net imports48GWh
In
60 Out
11
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 20%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 18 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 18 January 2019, Great Britain imported 60 GWh and exported 11 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (37 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 18 Jan
Imported
60GWh
Exported
11GWh
Net in
48GWh
Average net flow
2.02GW 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

Average1.54GWImporting

In 37.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWExporting

In 5.6 GWhOut 11.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.71GWImporting

In 17.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 7.2 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.