Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 14 June 2023

On Wednesday 14 June, demand averaged 28.2 GW. Renewables supplied 34%.

28.2GW AVERAGEWind6.20 GW21%Hydro0.07 GW0%Biomass0.72 GW2%Solar3.87 GW13%Gas11.18 GW38%Imports3.66 GW12%Nuclear3.84 GW13%28.2GW AVERAGE21%13%38%12%13%
Price
£87.54/MWh
Day average £87.54
Demand28.2GW
Generation 25.9Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels38%
Renewables34%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
170g/kWh
0Day average 170300
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

Records set on this day

All records

Key moments

On Wednesday 14 June 2023, gas supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 21%. Demand peaked at 34.5 GW at 12:35. Carbon intensity averaged 170 g/kWh and the price £87.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.3 GW at 00:05. Solar generation peaked at 10.9 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:30 (125 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (218 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £59.01/MWh at 12:30 to £124.41/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 43% 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 3.8713.1%Wind 6.2021.0%Gas 11.1837.9%Hydro 0.070.2%Biomass 0.722.4%Nuclear 3.8413.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.2avgGeneration 25.9avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.5GW · 12:35
Low 19.5 · 04:50Avg 28.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 25.9Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports58GWh
In
86 Out
29
Zero-carbon share54%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 0%Wind 24%Solar 15%

Transfers · Wed 14 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 14 June 2023, Great Britain imported 86 GWh and exported 29 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (46 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (19 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 14 Jun
Imported
86GWh
Exported
29GWh
Net in
58GWh
Average net flow
2.41GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.27GWImporting

In 9.5 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.90GWImporting

In 45.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.79GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 19.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.11GWImporting

In 9.1 GWhOut 6.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.1 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 1.3 GWhPumped 3.1 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.