Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 16 January 2021

On Saturday 16 January, demand averaged 34.5 GW. Renewables supplied 44%.

34.5GW AVERAGEWind14.57 GW42%Hydro0.53 GW2%Biomass1.08 GW3%Solar0.33 GW1%Gas8.94 GW26%Coal0.94 GW3%Imports2.55 GW7%Nuclear6.08 GW17%34.5GW AVERAGE42%26%7%17%
Price
£48.92/MWh
Day average £48.92
Demand34.5GW
Generation 32.5Transfers 2.1
Fossil fuels26%
Renewables44%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
145g/kWh
0Day average 145300
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 Saturday 16 January 2021, wind supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 26%. Demand peaked at 43.0 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 145 g/kWh and the price £48.92/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.1 GW at 11:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (92 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (212 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £13.48/MWh at 03:30 to £72.97/MWh at 17:30. Wind made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 25% across 2021.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.330.9%Wind 14.5741.6%Gas 8.9425.5%Hydro 0.531.5%Biomass 1.083.1%Nuclear 6.0817.4%Coal 0.942.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.5avgGeneration 32.5avgTransfers 2.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.0GW · 17:30
Low 26.2 · 04:55Avg 34.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 32.5Transfers 2.1 GW
Net imports54GWh
In
56 Out
2
Zero-carbon share66%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 2%Wind 45%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sat 16 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 16 January 2021, Great Britain imported 56 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (33 GWh), and the most exports went to Belgium (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 16 Jan
Imported
56GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
54GWh
Average net flow
2.25GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.53GWImporting

In 13.7 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.33GWImporting

In 32.8 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.39GWImporting

In 9.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 5.3 GWhPumped 9.7 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.