Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 8 April 2023

On Saturday 8 April, demand averaged 26.4 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

26.4GW AVERAGEWind4.03 GW15%Hydro0.25 GW1%Biomass1.70 GW6%Solar2.72 GW10%Gas10.75 GW40%Imports2.85 GW11%Nuclear4.30 GW16%26.4GW AVERAGE15%10%40%11%16%
Price
£109.45/MWh
Day average £109.45
Demand26.4GW
Generation 23.8Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels40%
Renewables26%
Other33%
Carbon intensityModerate
185g/kWh
0Day average 185300
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 Saturday 8 April 2023, gas supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 31.0 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity averaged 185 g/kWh and the price £109.45/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 23:30. Solar generation peaked at 8.7 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (128 g/kWh) and highest at 01:00 (232 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £81.33/MWh at 13:30 to £148.43/MWh at 20:00. Gas made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 36% across 2023.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.7210.2%Wind 4.0315.2%Gas 10.7540.4%Hydro 0.251.0%Biomass 1.706.4%Nuclear 4.3016.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.4avgGeneration 23.8avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.0GW · 10:30
Low 21.0 · 04:35Avg 26.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 23.8Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports61GWh
In
65 Out
4
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 17%Solar 11%

Transfers · Sat 8 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 8 April 2023, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (23 GWh), and the most exports went to France (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 8 Apr
Imported
65GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
61GWh
Average net flow
2.53GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.17GWImporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.60GWImporting

In 16.9 GWhOut 2.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.31GWImporting

In 7.8 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.48GWImporting

In 11.6 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.98GWImporting

In 23.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWGenerating

Generated 3.7 GWhPumped 1.2 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.