Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 11 October 2019

On Friday 11 October, demand averaged 32.7 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

32.7GW AVERAGEWind13.77 GW41%Hydro0.72 GW2%Biomass1.58 GW5%Solar0.49 GW1%Gas7.53 GW22%Coal0.67 GW2%Imports2.64 GW8%Nuclear6.17 GW18%32.7GW AVERAGE41%22%8%18%
Price
£26.90/MWh
Day average £26.90
Demand32.7GW
Generation 30.9Transfers 1.7
Fossil fuels22%
Renewables45%
Other31%
Carbon intensityLow
140g/kWh
0Day average 140300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Records set on this day

All records

Key moments

On Friday 11 October 2019, wind supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 22%. Demand peaked at 39.2 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 140 g/kWh and the price £26.90/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.6 GW at 13:10. Solar generation peaked at 2.2 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (88 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (173 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £3.61/MWh at 02:30 to £51.88/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 45% 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 0.491.4%Wind 13.7741.0%Gas 7.5322.4%Hydro 0.722.1%Biomass 1.584.7%Nuclear 6.1718.4%Coal 0.672.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.7avgGeneration 30.9avgTransfers 1.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.2GW · 12:05
Low 22.6 · 04:20Avg 32.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 30.9Transfers 1.7 GW
Net imports46GWh
In
60 Out
13
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 2%Wind 45%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 11 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 11 October 2019, Great Britain imported 60 GWh and exported 13 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (26 GWh), and the most exports went to France (8 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 11 Oct
Imported
60GWh
Exported
13GWh
Net in
46GWh
Average net flow
1.93GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.63GWImporting

In 15.3 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.79GWImporting

In 26.4 GWhOut 7.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.08GWImporting

In 5.0 GWhOut 3.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.43GWImporting

In 12.9 GWhOut 2.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.20GWPumping

Generated 3.7 GWhPumped 8.5 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.