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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 8 October 2019

On Tuesday 8 October, demand averaged 32.7 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

32.7GW AVERAGEWind13.72 GW40%Hydro0.50 GW1%Biomass1.55 GW5%Solar1.20 GW4%Gas8.46 GW25%Coal0.42 GW1%Imports1.32 GW4%Nuclear6.75 GW20%32.7GW AVERAGE40%25%20%
Price
£33.55/MWh
Day average £33.55
Demand32.7GW
Generation 32.6Transfers 0.1
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables45%
Other28%
Carbon intensityLow
141g/kWh
0Day average 141300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 8 October 2019, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 40.2 GW at 19:00. Carbon intensity averaged 141 g/kWh and the price £33.55/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.3 GW at 19:45. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (87 g/kWh) and highest at 07:30 (193 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £5.71/MWh at 23:30 to £47.30/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 42% 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 1.203.5%Wind 13.7240.4%Gas 8.4624.9%Hydro 0.501.5%Biomass 1.554.6%Nuclear 6.7519.9%Coal 0.421.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.7avgGeneration 32.6avgTransfers 0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.2GW · 19:00
Low 22.6 · 03:45Avg 32.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 32.6Transfers 0.1 GW
Net imports7GWh
In
26 Out
20
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 2%Wind 42%Solar 4%

Transfers · Tue 8 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 8 October 2019, Great Britain imported 26 GWh and exported 20 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (12 GWh), and the most exports went to France (15 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 8 Oct
Imported
26GWh
Exported
20GWh
Net in
7GWh
Average net flow
0.27GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.05GWImporting

In 4.7 GWhOut 3.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.52GWExporting

In 2.8 GWhOut 15.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.49GWImporting

In 11.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.25GWImporting

In 7.1 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 8.4 GWh

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