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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 13 August 2021

On Friday 13 August, demand averaged 28.8 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

28.8GW AVERAGEWind12.59 GW43%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass1.23 GW4%Solar1.94 GW7%Gas4.64 GW16%Coal0.60 GW2%Imports3.72 GW13%Nuclear4.09 GW14%28.8GW AVERAGE43%16%13%14%
Price
£102.47/MWh
Day average £102.47
Demand28.8GW
Generation 25.3Transfers 3.5
Fossil fuels16%
Renewables51%
Other31%
Carbon intensityLow
108g/kWh
0Day average 108300
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Key moments

On Friday 13 August 2021, wind supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 16%. Demand peaked at 35.4 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 108 g/kWh and the price £102.47/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.4 GW at 12:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:30 (69 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (140 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £64.33/MWh at 15:00 to £131.08/MWh at 08:30. Wind made 50% 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 1.946.7%Wind 12.5943.4%Gas 4.6416.0%Hydro 0.200.7%Biomass 1.234.2%Nuclear 4.0914.1%Coal 0.602.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.8avgGeneration 25.3avgTransfers 3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.4GW · 12:10
Low 20.6 · 03:55Avg 28.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain88%of demand
Generation 25.3Transfers 3.5 GW
Net imports88GWh
In
88 Out
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Zero-carbon share74%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 50%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 13 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 13 August 2021, Great Britain imported 88 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 13 Aug
Imported
88GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
88GWh
Average net flow
3.65GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.71GWImporting

In 17.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.89GWImporting

In 45.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.44GWImporting

In 11.0 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.61GWImporting

In 14.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 1.2 GWhPumped 5.1 GWh

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