Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 2 May 2019

On Thursday 2 May, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind3.74 GW11%Hydro0.19 GW1%Biomass2.25 GW7%Solar1.74 GW5%Gas15.72 GW47%Imports3.40 GW10%Nuclear6.39 GW19%32.8GW AVERAGE11%47%10%19%
Price
£43.71/MWh
Day average £43.71
Demand32.8GW
Generation 30.0Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables17%
Other36%
Carbon intensityModerate
233g/kWh
0Day average 233300
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 Thursday 2 May 2019, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 19%. Demand peaked at 38.5 GW at 11:05. Carbon intensity averaged 233 g/kWh and the price £43.71/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 18:35. Solar generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (210 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (263 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £34.12/MWh at 06:00 to £55.05/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 52% 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 1.745.2%Wind 3.7411.2%Gas 15.7247.0%Hydro 0.190.6%Biomass 2.256.7%Nuclear 6.3919.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 30.0avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.5GW · 11:05
Low 23.2 · 04:25Avg 32.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 30.0Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
78 Out
10
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 6%

Transfers · Thu 2 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 2 May 2019, Great Britain imported 78 GWh and exported 10 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 2 May
Imported
78GWh
Exported
10GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.83GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.90GWImporting

In 21.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.46GWImporting

In 34.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.38GWExporting

In 1.1 GWhOut 10.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 3.6 GWhPumped 5.3 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.