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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 8 February 2021

On Monday 8 February, demand averaged 39.7 GW. Renewables supplied 38%.

39.7GW AVERAGEWind14.30 GW36%Hydro0.22 GW1%Biomass2.28 GW6%Solar0.50 GW1%Gas13.27 GW33%Coal0.59 GW1%Imports3.63 GW9%Nuclear5.14 GW13%39.7GW AVERAGE36%33%9%13%
Price
£57.42/MWh
Day average £57.42
Demand39.7GW
Generation 36.3Transfers 3.5
Fossil fuels33%
Renewables38%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
168g/kWh
0Day average 168300
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Key moments

On Monday 8 February 2021, wind supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 33%. Demand peaked at 48.7 GW at 18:05. Carbon intensity averaged 168 g/kWh and the price £57.42/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.9 GW at 12:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.3 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:30 (83 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (225 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £17.63/MWh at 00:00 to £82.19/MWh at 16:30. Wind made 39% 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 0.501.3%Wind 14.3035.8%Gas 13.2733.2%Hydro 0.220.5%Biomass 2.285.7%Nuclear 5.1412.9%Coal 0.591.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 39.7avgGeneration 36.3avgTransfers 3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand48.7GW · 18:05
Low 27.8 · 03:40Avg 39.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 36.3Transfers 3.5 GW
Net imports83GWh
In
83 Out
0
Zero-carbon share56%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 39%Solar 1%

Transfers · Mon 8 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 8 February 2021, Great Britain imported 83 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 8 Feb
Imported
83GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
83GWh
Average net flow
3.47GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.78GWImporting

In 18.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.87GWImporting

In 44.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.56GWImporting

In 13.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.26GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 3.9 GWhPumped 4.3 GWh

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