Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 12 December 2019

On Thursday 12 December, demand averaged 39.3 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

39.3GW AVERAGEWind9.17 GW23%Hydro0.77 GW2%Biomass2.94 GW7%Solar0.08 GW0%Gas15.42 GW39%Coal2.47 GW6%Imports3.12 GW8%Nuclear6.03 GW15%39.3GW AVERAGE23%7%39%8%15%
Price
£42.01/MWh
Day average £42.01
Demand39.3GW
Generation 36.9Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels39%
Renewables25%
Other30%
Carbon intensityHigh
253g/kWh
0Day average 253300
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 Thursday 12 December 2019, gas supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 23%. Demand peaked at 46.8 GW at 16:20. Carbon intensity averaged 253 g/kWh and the price £42.01/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.0 GW at 10:40. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (166 g/kWh) and highest at 07:30 (300 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £23.71/MWh at 00:00 to £55.69/MWh at 16:30. Gas made 42% 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 0.080.2%Wind 9.1722.9%Gas 15.4238.5%Hydro 0.771.9%Biomass 2.947.3%Nuclear 6.0315.1%Coal 2.476.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 39.3avgGeneration 36.9avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.8GW · 16:20
Low 27.9 · 04:35Avg 39.30–60 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 36.9Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
70 Out
10
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 25%Solar 0%

Transfers · Thu 12 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 12 December 2019, Great Britain imported 70 GWh and exported 10 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (33 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 12 Dec
Imported
70GWh
Exported
10GWh
Net in
60GWh
Average net flow
2.50GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.75GWImporting

In 18.3 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.38GWImporting

In 33.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWExporting

In 3.3 GWhOut 9.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.7 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 4.7 GWhPumped 6.9 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.