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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 8 October 2021

On Friday 8 October, demand averaged 30.7 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

30.7GW AVERAGEWind5.13 GW17%Hydro0.41 GW1%Biomass2.24 GW7%Solar0.62 GW2%Gas14.63 GW47%Coal0.38 GW1%Imports3.64 GW12%Nuclear3.97 GW13%30.7GW AVERAGE17%7%47%12%13%
Price
£172.74/MWh
Day average £172.74
Demand30.7GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 3.3
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables20%
Other32%
Carbon intensityHigh
223g/kWh
0Day average 223300
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Key moments

On Friday 8 October 2021, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 17%. Demand peaked at 36.8 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 223 g/kWh and the price £172.74/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.5 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (159 g/kWh) and highest at 07:30 (262 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £132.21/MWh at 03:30 to £234.04/MWh at 17:00. Gas made 53% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2021.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.622.0%Wind 5.1316.5%Gas 14.6347.2%Hydro 0.411.3%Biomass 2.247.2%Nuclear 3.9712.8%Coal 0.381.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.7avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 3.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.8GW · 12:05
Low 21.7 · 03:50Avg 30.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 3.3 GW
Net imports82GWh
In
83 Out
1
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 8 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 8 October 2021, Great Britain imported 83 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 8 Oct
Imported
83GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
82GWh
Average net flow
3.41GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.5 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.79GWImporting

In 19.4 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.23GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.88GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.70GWImporting

In 16.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 4.2 GWhPumped 7.0 GWh

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