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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 1 October 2021

On Friday 1 October, demand averaged 30.3 GW. Renewables supplied 50%.

30.3GW AVERAGEWind13.63 GW44%Hydro0.36 GW1%Biomass2.12 GW7%Solar1.50 GW5%Gas5.80 GW19%Imports2.47 GW8%Nuclear4.87 GW16%30.3GW AVERAGE44%19%8%16%
Price
£174.45/MWh
Day average £174.45
Demand30.3GW
Generation 28.3Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables50%
Other31%
Carbon intensityLow
93g/kWh
0Day average 93300
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Key moments

On Friday 1 October 2021, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 37.0 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 93 g/kWh and the price £174.45/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.8 GW at 10:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (62 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (147 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £83.40/MWh at 04:00 to £242.00/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 48% 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 1.504.9%Wind 13.6344.3%Gas 5.8018.9%Hydro 0.361.2%Biomass 2.126.9%Nuclear 4.8715.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.3avgGeneration 28.3avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.0GW · 12:00
Low 21.3 · 03:55Avg 30.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 28.3Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports49GWh
In
54 Out
5
Zero-carbon share72%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 48%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 1 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 1 October 2021, Great Britain imported 54 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (17 GWh), and the most exports went to France (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 1 Oct
Imported
54GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
49GWh
Average net flow
2.06GW 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

Average0.40GWImporting

In 13.2 GWhOut 3.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.21GWImporting

In 6.5 GWhOut 1.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.30GWImporting

In 7.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.44GWImporting

In 10.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 5.0 GWhPumped 5.4 GWh

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