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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 10 February 2023

On Friday 10 February, demand averaged 34.8 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

34.8GW AVERAGEWind14.98 GW41%Hydro0.46 GW1%Biomass1.99 GW6%Solar0.78 GW2%Gas10.51 GW29%Coal0.67 GW2%Imports2.56 GW7%Nuclear4.18 GW12%34.8GW AVERAGE41%29%7%12%
Price
£138.70/MWh
Day average £138.70
Demand34.8GW
Generation 33.6Transfers 1.2
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables45%
Other24%
Carbon intensityModerate
152g/kWh
0Day average 152300
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Key moments

On Friday 10 February 2023, wind supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 29%. Demand peaked at 41.8 GW at 10:00. Carbon intensity averaged 152 g/kWh and the price £138.70/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.9 GW at 16:20. Solar generation peaked at 3.9 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (77 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (201 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £80.95/MWh at 23:30 to £185.00/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 33% across 2023.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.782.2%Wind 14.9841.5%Gas 10.5129.1%Hydro 0.461.3%Biomass 1.995.5%Nuclear 4.1811.6%Coal 0.671.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.8avgGeneration 33.6avgTransfers 1.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.8GW · 10:00
Low 25.4 · 04:00Avg 34.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 33.6Transfers 1.2 GW
Net imports32GWh
In
58 Out
26
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 1%Wind 45%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 10 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 10 February 2023, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 26 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (27 GWh), and the most exports went to France (25 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 10 Feb
Imported
58GWh
Exported
26GWh
Net in
32GWh
Average net flow
1.33GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.04GWImporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.94GWExporting

In 2.6 GWhOut 25.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.19GWImporting

In 5.4 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.13GWImporting

In 27.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 7.0 GWh

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