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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 8 February 2019

On Friday 8 February, demand averaged 38.6 GW. Renewables supplied 42%.

38.6GW AVERAGEWind15.73 GW40%Hydro0.50 GW1%Biomass1.36 GW4%Solar0.25 GW1%Gas10.12 GW26%Coal0.53 GW1%Imports4.21 GW11%Nuclear6.17 GW16%38.6GW AVERAGE40%26%11%16%
Price
£49.81/MWh
Day average £49.81
Demand38.6GW
Generation 34.7Transfers 3.9
Fossil fuels26%
Renewables42%
Other30%
Carbon intensityModerate
154g/kWh
0Day average 154300
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Key moments

On Friday 8 February 2019, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 26%. Demand peaked at 46.5 GW at 18:00. Carbon intensity averaged 154 g/kWh and the price £49.81/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.1 GW at 12:25. Solar generation peaked at 1.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 21:30 (106 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (193 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £39.93/MWh at 23:00 to £59.50/MWh at 00:30. Wind made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.250.6%Wind 15.7340.5%Gas 10.1226.1%Hydro 0.501.3%Biomass 1.363.5%Nuclear 6.1715.9%Coal 0.531.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.6avgGeneration 34.7avgTransfers 3.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.5GW · 18:00
Low 16.6 · 21:55Avg 38.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 34.7Transfers 3.9 GW
Net imports96GWh
In
96 Out
0
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 45%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 8 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 8 February 2019, Great Britain imported 96 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 8 Feb
Imported
96GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
96GWh
Average net flow
4.01GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.77GWImporting

In 18.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.76GWImporting

In 42.4 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.58GWImporting

In 13.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 4.7 GWhPumped 6.7 GWh

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