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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 20 February 2019

On Wednesday 20 February, demand averaged 36.8 GW. Renewables supplied 36%.

36.8GW AVERAGEWind12.21 GW33%Hydro0.61 GW2%Biomass1.89 GW5%Solar0.73 GW2%Gas11.12 GW30%Coal0.53 GW1%Imports4.11 GW11%Nuclear5.96 GW16%36.8GW AVERAGE33%30%11%16%
Price
£45.83/MWh
Day average £45.83
Demand36.8GW
Generation 33.0Transfers 3.7
Fossil fuels30%
Renewables36%
Other32%
Carbon intensityModerate
172g/kWh
0Day average 172300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 20 February 2019, wind supplied 33% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 30%. Demand peaked at 45.3 GW at 17:45. Carbon intensity averaged 172 g/kWh and the price £45.83/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.1 GW at 12:05. Solar generation peaked at 3.2 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (128 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (228 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £36.09/MWh at 03:00 to £61.05/MWh at 18:00. Wind made 37% 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 0.732.0%Wind 12.2132.9%Gas 11.1229.9%Hydro 0.611.6%Biomass 1.895.1%Nuclear 5.9616.1%Coal 0.531.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.8avgGeneration 33.0avgTransfers 3.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.3GW · 17:45
Low 26.1 · 04:10Avg 36.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 33.0Transfers 3.7 GW
Net imports91GWh
In
93 Out
2
Zero-carbon share59%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 2%Wind 37%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 20 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 20 February 2019, Great Britain imported 93 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 20 Feb
Imported
93GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
91GWh
Average net flow
3.77GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.84GWImporting

In 44.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 7.0 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 6.0 GWhPumped 7.1 GWh

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