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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 6 December 2021

On Monday 6 December, demand averaged 38.2 GW. Renewables supplied 31%.

38.2GW AVERAGEWind11.90 GW30%Hydro0.54 GW1%Biomass2.38 GW6%Solar0.19 GW0%Gas16.87 GW42%Coal1.05 GW3%Imports2.13 GW5%Nuclear5.12 GW13%38.2GW AVERAGE30%42%13%
Price
£218.57/MWh
Day average £218.57
Demand38.2GW
Generation 38.1Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables31%
Other24%
Carbon intensityModerate
207g/kWh
0Day average 207300
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Key moments

On Monday 6 December 2021, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 30%. Demand peaked at 47.1 GW at 17:10. Carbon intensity averaged 207 g/kWh and the price £218.57/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.1 GW at 20:25. Solar generation peaked at 1.2 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (135 g/kWh) and highest at 09:00 (238 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £127.43/MWh at 00:30 to £276.98/MWh at 10:00. Gas made 44% 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 0.190.5%Wind 11.9029.6%Gas 16.8742.0%Hydro 0.541.3%Biomass 2.385.9%Nuclear 5.1212.8%Coal 1.052.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.2avgGeneration 38.1avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand47.1GW · 17:10
Low 26.4 · 03:55Avg 38.20–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 38.1Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports0GWh
In
41 Out
41
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 13%Hydro 1%Wind 31%Solar 0%

Transfers · Mon 6 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 6 December 2021, Great Britain imported 41 GWh and exported 41 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (17 GWh), and the most exports went to France (29 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 6 Dec
Imported
41GWh
Exported
41GWh
Net in
0GWh
Average net flow
0.01GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.27GWImporting

In 11.9 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.18GWExporting

In 0.3 GWhOut 28.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.66GWImporting

In 16.8 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.13GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 3.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWGenerating

Generated 10.3 GWhPumped 6.2 GWh

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