Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 28 November 2021

On Sunday 28 November, demand averaged 35.0 GW. Renewables supplied 30%.

35.0GW AVERAGEWind9.48 GW26%Hydro0.66 GW2%Biomass2.03 GW6%Solar0.64 GW2%Gas13.27 GW37%Coal0.33 GW1%Imports4.14 GW12%Nuclear5.39 GW15%35.0GW AVERAGE26%37%12%15%
Price
£213.40/MWh
Day average £213.40
Demand35.0GW
Generation 31.8Transfers 3.3
Fossil fuels37%
Renewables30%
Other32%
Carbon intensityModerate
173g/kWh
0Day average 173300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Sunday 28 November 2021, gas supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 26%. Demand peaked at 44.7 GW at 16:45. Carbon intensity averaged 173 g/kWh and the price £213.40/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.4 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 3.9 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:00 (101 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (241 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £166.31/MWh at 04:30 to £268.38/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 42% 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 0.641.8%Wind 9.4826.4%Gas 13.2736.9%Hydro 0.661.8%Biomass 2.035.6%Nuclear 5.3915.0%Coal 0.330.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.0avgGeneration 31.8avgTransfers 3.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.7GW · 16:45
Low 25.9 · 04:50Avg 35.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 31.8Transfers 3.3 GW
Net imports82GWh
In
94 Out
12
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 30%Solar 2%

Transfers · Sun 28 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 28 November 2021, Great Britain imported 94 GWh and exported 12 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (33 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (9 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 28 Nov
Imported
94GWh
Exported
12GWh
Net in
82GWh
Average net flow
3.41GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.23GWImporting

In 33.3 GWhOut 3.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.35GWExporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 8.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.03GWImporting

In 24.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.68GWImporting

In 16.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 5.1 GWhPumped 9.0 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.