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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 26 November 2021

On Friday 26 November, demand averaged 37.0 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

37.0GW AVERAGEWind15.79 GW41%Hydro0.55 GW1%Biomass2.59 GW7%Solar0.48 GW1%Gas10.62 GW27%Coal0.64 GW2%Imports3.12 GW8%Nuclear5.20 GW13%37.0GW AVERAGE41%27%8%13%
Price
£200.34/MWh
Day average £200.34
Demand37.0GW
Generation 35.9Transfers 1.2
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables43%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
151g/kWh
0Day average 151300
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Key moments

On Friday 26 November 2021, wind supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 45.5 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 151 g/kWh and the price £200.34/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.9 GW at 18:30. Solar generation peaked at 2.9 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 05:00 (94 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (184 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £97.44/MWh at 03:30 to £249.15/MWh at 17:00. Wind made 44% 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 0.481.2%Wind 15.7940.5%Gas 10.6227.2%Hydro 0.551.4%Biomass 2.596.6%Nuclear 5.2013.3%Coal 0.641.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.0avgGeneration 35.9avgTransfers 1.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.5GW · 17:25
Low 25.9 · 03:55Avg 37.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 35.9Transfers 1.2 GW
Net imports31GWh
In
71 Out
40
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 44%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 26 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 26 November 2021, Great Britain imported 71 GWh and exported 40 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (38 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 26 Nov
Imported
71GWh
Exported
40GWh
Net in
31GWh
Average net flow
1.28GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.62GWImporting

In 16.7 GWhOut 1.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.57GWExporting

In 0.6 GWhOut 38.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 4.4 GWhPumped 7.3 GWh

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