Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 27 February 2019

On Wednesday 27 February, demand averaged 35.1 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

35.1GW AVERAGEWind1.67 GW5%Hydro0.48 GW1%Biomass2.67 GW7%Solar1.83 GW5%Gas18.36 GW51%Coal0.93 GW3%Imports4.12 GW11%Nuclear6.11 GW17%35.1GW AVERAGE7%51%11%17%
Price
£46.81/MWh
Day average £46.81
Demand35.1GW
Generation 32.1Transfers 3.1
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables11%
Other36%
Carbon intensityHigh
279g/kWh
0Day average 279300
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 Wednesday 27 February 2019, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 17%. Demand peaked at 42.4 GW at 18:35. Carbon intensity averaged 279 g/kWh and the price £46.81/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 3.2 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 7.0 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (244 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (319 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £38.49/MWh at 03:30 to £71.90/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 57% 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 1.835.1%Wind 1.674.6%Gas 18.3650.7%Hydro 0.481.3%Biomass 2.677.4%Nuclear 6.1116.9%Coal 0.932.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.1avgGeneration 32.1avgTransfers 3.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand42.4GW · 18:35
Low 25.5 · 03:50Avg 35.10–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 32.1Transfers 3.1 GW
Net imports74GWh
In
92 Out
18
Zero-carbon share31%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 6%

Transfers · Wed 27 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 27 February 2019, Great Britain imported 92 GWh and exported 18 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (18 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 27 Feb
Imported
92GWh
Exported
18GWh
Net in
74GWh
Average net flow
3.09GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.97GWImporting

In 47.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.74GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 17.8 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

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 6.9 GWhPumped 7.1 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.