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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 27 April 2019

On Saturday 27 April, demand averaged 29.9 GW. Renewables supplied 42%.

29.9GW AVERAGEWind11.04 GW37%Hydro0.23 GW1%Biomass0.94 GW3%Solar1.53 GW5%Gas7.08 GW23%Coal0.07 GW0%Imports2.85 GW9%Nuclear6.43 GW21%29.9GW AVERAGE37%23%9%21%
Price
£36.31/MWh
Day average £36.31
Demand29.9GW
Generation 27.3Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels23%
Renewables42%
Other34%
Carbon intensityLow
134g/kWh
0Day average 134300
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Key moments

On Saturday 27 April 2019, wind supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 23%. Demand peaked at 35.3 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 134 g/kWh and the price £36.31/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.7 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:00 (99 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (168 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £8.92/MWh at 01:00 to £53.72/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 40% 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 1.535.1%Wind 11.0436.6%Gas 7.0823.5%Hydro 0.230.8%Biomass 0.943.1%Nuclear 6.4321.3%Coal 0.070.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.9avgGeneration 27.3avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.3GW · 12:30
Low 22.4 · 04:45Avg 29.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.3Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
66 Out
2
Zero-carbon share70%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 40%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sat 27 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 27 April 2019, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (20 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 27 Apr
Imported
66GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.67GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.73GWImporting

In 17.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.82GWImporting

In 19.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.47GWImporting

In 12.0 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.64GWImporting

In 16.5 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 2.6 GWhPumped 4.8 GWh

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