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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 December 2019

On Friday 6 December, demand averaged 37.0 GW. Renewables supplied 39%.

37.0GW AVERAGEWind14.00 GW37%Hydro0.59 GW2%Biomass3.00 GW8%Solar0.17 GW0%Gas9.63 GW25%Coal1.52 GW4%Imports1.96 GW5%Nuclear7.45 GW19%37.0GW AVERAGE37%8%25%19%
Price
£33.54/MWh
Day average £33.54
Demand37.0GW
Generation 36.4Transfers 0.6
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables39%
Other32%
Carbon intensityModerate
180g/kWh
0Day average 180300
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Key moments

On Friday 6 December 2019, wind supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 45.2 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 180 g/kWh and the price £33.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.5 GW at 18:40. Solar generation peaked at 1.0 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (119 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (209 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£1.71/MWh at 00:00 to £48.68/MWh at 16:30. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 39% 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 0.170.4%Wind 14.0036.5%Gas 9.6325.1%Hydro 0.591.5%Biomass 3.007.8%Nuclear 7.4519.5%Coal 1.524.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.0avgGeneration 36.4avgTransfers 0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.2GW · 17:30
Low 26.6 · 04:00Avg 37.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 36.4Transfers 0.6 GW
Net imports18GWh
In
44 Out
26
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 2%Wind 39%Solar 0%

Transfers · Fri 6 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 December 2019, Great Britain imported 44 GWh and exported 26 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (17 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 Dec
Imported
44GWh
Exported
26GWh
Net in
18GWh
Average net flow
0.76GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.54GWImporting

In 15.7 GWhOut 2.9 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.37GWExporting

In 8.0 GWhOut 16.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 5.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.65GWImporting

In 15.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 3.3 GWhPumped 6.4 GWh

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