Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 30 January 2021

On Saturday 30 January, demand averaged 33.8 GW. Renewables supplied 39%.

33.8GW AVERAGEWind12.98 GW38%Hydro0.29 GW1%Biomass1.15 GW3%Solar0.22 GW1%Gas10.08 GW29%Coal0.12 GW0%Imports3.75 GW11%Nuclear5.57 GW16%33.8GW AVERAGE38%29%11%16%
Price
£47.70/MWh
Day average £47.70
Demand33.8GW
Generation 30.4Transfers 3.3
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables39%
Other31%
Carbon intensityModerate
143g/kWh
0Day average 143300
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 30 January 2021, wind supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 29%. Demand peaked at 43.0 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 143 g/kWh and the price £47.70/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.2 GW at 07:35. Solar generation peaked at 1.1 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:00 (81 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (197 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £18.07/MWh at 04:30 to £68.43/MWh at 18:00. Wind made 43% 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 0.220.6%Wind 12.9838.0%Gas 10.0829.5%Hydro 0.290.8%Biomass 1.153.4%Nuclear 5.5716.3%Coal 0.120.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.8avgGeneration 30.4avgTransfers 3.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.0GW · 17:25
Low 24.8 · 04:25Avg 33.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 30.4Transfers 3.3 GW
Net imports86GWh
In
88 Out
1
Zero-carbon share63%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 43%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sat 30 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 30 January 2021, Great Britain imported 88 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (52 GWh), and the most exports went to Belgium (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 30 Jan
Imported
88GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
86GWh
Average net flow
3.60GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.70GWImporting

In 18.2 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.16GWImporting

In 51.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.74GWImporting

In 17.7 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

Average0.26GWPumping

Generated 2.5 GWhPumped 8.8 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.