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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 5 September 2019

On Thursday 5 September, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind10.69 GW34%Hydro0.65 GW2%Biomass1.96 GW6%Solar2.10 GW7%Gas6.94 GW22%Coal0.41 GW1%Imports2.39 GW8%Nuclear6.20 GW20%30.5GW AVERAGE34%22%8%20%
Price
£25.42/MWh
Day average £25.42
Demand30.5GW
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels22%
Renewables43%
Other34%
Carbon intensityLow
131g/kWh
0Day average 131300
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Key moments

On Thursday 5 September 2019, wind supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 22%. Demand peaked at 36.8 GW at 12:45. Carbon intensity averaged 131 g/kWh and the price £25.42/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.6 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (79 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (188 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£2.57/MWh at 01:00 to £51.03/MWh at 07:30. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Wind made 37% 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 2.106.7%Wind 10.6934.1%Gas 6.9422.2%Hydro 0.652.1%Biomass 1.966.3%Nuclear 6.2019.8%Coal 0.411.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.8GW · 12:45
Low 20.8 · 03:15Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports37GWh
In
53 Out
15
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 2%Wind 37%Solar 7%

Transfers · Thu 5 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 5 September 2019, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 15 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (24 GWh), and the most exports went to France (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 5 Sept
Imported
53GWh
Exported
15GWh
Net in
37GWh
Average net flow
1.56GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.57GWImporting

In 14.0 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.76GWImporting

In 24.1 GWhOut 5.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWExporting

In 2.1 GWhOut 5.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.37GWImporting

In 12.4 GWhOut 3.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 4.7 GWhPumped 5.2 GWh

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