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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 6 May 2019

On Monday 6 May, demand averaged 29.8 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

29.8GW AVERAGEWind2.47 GW8%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass1.49 GW5%Solar1.65 GW6%Gas14.94 GW50%Imports2.92 GW10%Nuclear6.42 GW21%29.8GW AVERAGE8%50%10%21%
Price
£42.00/MWh
Day average £42.00
Demand29.8GW
Generation 27.2Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables14%
Other36%
Carbon intensityModerate
240g/kWh
0Day average 240300
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Key moments

On Monday 6 May 2019, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 35.6 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 240 g/kWh and the price £42.00/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (179 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (291 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £27.66/MWh at 23:30 to £55.47/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 55% 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 1.655.5%Wind 2.478.2%Gas 14.9449.6%Hydro 0.200.7%Biomass 1.495.0%Nuclear 6.4221.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.8avgGeneration 27.2avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.6GW · 17:20
Low 22.4 · 05:15Avg 29.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.2Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
67 Out
2
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 9%Solar 6%

Transfers · Mon 6 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 6 May 2019, Great Britain imported 67 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (29 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 6 May
Imported
67GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.71GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.64GWImporting

In 16.2 GWhOut 0.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.19GWImporting

In 29.1 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 6.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.61GWImporting

In 15.1 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 3.3 GWhPumped 5.2 GWh

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