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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 9 August 2019

On Friday 9 August, demand averaged 30.0 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

30.0GW AVERAGEWind11.79 GW39%Hydro0.38 GW1%Biomass1.50 GW5%Solar1.67 GW5%Gas6.51 GW21%Coal0.30 GW1%Imports2.31 GW8%Nuclear6.05 GW20%30.0GW AVERAGE39%21%8%20%
Price
£39.94/MWh
Day average £39.94
Demand30.0GW
Generation 28.2Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels21%
Renewables45%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
124g/kWh
0Day average 124300
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Key moments

On Friday 9 August 2019, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 21%. Demand peaked at 37.3 GW at 11:45. Carbon intensity averaged 124 g/kWh and the price £39.94/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.9 GW at 09:05. Solar generation peaked at 5.8 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (82 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (161 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £21.21/MWh at 03:30 to £54.30/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 42% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.675.5%Wind 11.7938.6%Gas 6.5121.3%Hydro 0.381.3%Biomass 1.504.9%Nuclear 6.0519.8%Coal 0.301.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.0avgGeneration 28.2avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.3GW · 11:45
Low 21.4 · 03:40Avg 30.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 28.2Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports46GWh
In
52 Out
5
Zero-carbon share71%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 1%Wind 42%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 9 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 9 August 2019, Great Britain imported 52 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (21 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 9 Aug
Imported
52GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
46GWh
Average net flow
1.93GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.63GWImporting

In 15.6 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.86GWImporting

In 20.7 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.35GWImporting

In 12.0 GWhOut 3.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 3.6 GWhPumped 6.7 GWh

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