Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 7 October 2019

On Monday 7 October, demand averaged 33.1 GW. Renewables supplied 35%.

33.1GW AVERAGEWind10.92 GW32%Hydro0.51 GW1%Biomass1.74 GW5%Solar0.38 GW1%Gas11.85 GW35%Coal0.53 GW2%Imports1.28 GW4%Nuclear6.77 GW20%33.1GW AVERAGE32%35%20%
Price
£38.89/MWh
Day average £38.89
Demand33.1GW
Generation 32.7Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels35%
Renewables35%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
185g/kWh
0Day average 185300
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 Monday 7 October 2019, gas supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 32%. Demand peaked at 40.4 GW at 19:10. Carbon intensity averaged 185 g/kWh and the price £38.89/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.9 GW at 21:40. Solar generation peaked at 1.7 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (92 g/kWh) and highest at 08:00 (242 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £23.33/MWh at 23:00 to £53.56/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 36% 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 0.381.1%Wind 10.9232.1%Gas 11.8534.9%Hydro 0.511.5%Biomass 1.745.1%Nuclear 6.7719.9%Coal 0.531.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.1avgGeneration 32.7avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.4GW · 19:10
Low 22.0 · 03:50Avg 33.10–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 32.7Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports10GWh
In
23 Out
14
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 2%Wind 33%Solar 1%

Transfers · Mon 7 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 7 October 2019, Great Britain imported 23 GWh and exported 14 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 7 Oct
Imported
23GWh
Exported
14GWh
Net in
10GWh
Average net flow
0.40GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.17GWExporting

In 1.1 GWhOut 5.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 8.6 GWhOut 5.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.53GWImporting

In 12.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.07GWExporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWPumping

Generated 7.4 GWhPumped 8.3 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.