Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 13 August 2019

On Tuesday 13 August, demand averaged 29.8 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

29.8GW AVERAGEWind3.47 GW11%Hydro0.37 GW1%Biomass2.28 GW7%Solar2.42 GW8%Gas12.87 GW42%Coal0.44 GW1%Imports3.60 GW12%Nuclear5.12 GW17%29.8GW AVERAGE11%7%8%42%12%17%
Price
£44.65/MWh
Day average £44.65
Demand29.8GW
Generation 27.0Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables20%
Other36%
Carbon intensityModerate
232g/kWh
0Day average 232300
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 Tuesday 13 August 2019, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 17%. Demand peaked at 36.5 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 232 g/kWh and the price £44.65/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 16:45. Solar generation peaked at 7.2 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:00 (205 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (269 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £33.02/MWh at 03:00 to £61.46/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 48% 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 2.427.9%Wind 3.4711.4%Gas 12.8742.1%Hydro 0.371.2%Biomass 2.287.5%Nuclear 5.1216.8%Coal 0.441.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.8avgGeneration 27.0avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.5GW · 12:30
Low 20.6 · 03:50Avg 29.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.0Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
82 Out
14
Zero-carbon share42%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 13%Solar 9%

Transfers · Tue 13 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 13 August 2019, Great Britain imported 82 GWh and exported 14 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 13 Aug
Imported
82GWh
Exported
14GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.85GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.85GWImporting

In 44.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.51GWExporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 13.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.81GWImporting

In 20.4 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 4.0 GWhPumped 3.4 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.