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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 5 December 2019

On Thursday 5 December, demand averaged 39.6 GW. Renewables supplied 34%.

39.6GW AVERAGEWind13.50 GW32%Hydro0.42 GW1%Biomass3.01 GW7%Solar0.27 GW1%Gas13.44 GW32%Coal2.09 GW5%Imports1.40 GW3%Nuclear7.47 GW18%39.6GW AVERAGE32%7%32%18%
Price
£43.07/MWh
Day average £43.07
Demand39.6GW
Generation 40.2Transfers −0.6
Fossil fuels32%
Renewables34%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
228g/kWh
0Day average 228300
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Key moments

On Thursday 5 December 2019, wind supplied 32% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 32%. Demand peaked at 48.5 GW at 17:00. Carbon intensity averaged 228 g/kWh and the price £43.07/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.5 GW at 19:00. Solar generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (148 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (275 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£7.82/MWh at 23:30 to £63.12/MWh at 08:00. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 34% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.270.7%Wind 13.5032.4%Gas 13.4432.3%Hydro 0.421.0%Biomass 3.017.2%Nuclear 7.4718.0%Coal 2.095.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 39.6avgGeneration 40.2avgTransfers −0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand48.5GW · 17:00
Low 28.3 · 03:55Avg 39.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 40.2Transfers −0.6 GW
Net exports14GWh
In
31 Out
45
Zero-carbon share54%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 34%Solar 1%

Transfers · Thu 5 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 5 December 2019, Great Britain imported 31 GWh and exported 45 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (15 GWh), and the most exports went to France (35 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 5 Dec
Imported
31GWh
Exported
45GWh
Net out
14GWh
Average net flow
0.60GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.28GWExporting

In 3.7 GWhOut 10.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.43GWExporting

In 0.5 GWhOut 34.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.46GWImporting

In 11.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 2.8 GWhPumped 3.0 GWh

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