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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 October 2023

On Friday 6 October, demand averaged 28.3 GW. Renewables supplied 58%.

28.3GW AVERAGEWind15.78 GW51%Hydro0.64 GW2%Biomass1.37 GW4%Solar1.45 GW5%Gas4.75 GW15%Imports2.58 GW8%Nuclear4.22 GW14%28.3GW AVERAGE51%15%8%14%
Price
£27.87/MWh
Day average £27.87
Demand28.3GW
Generation 28.2Transfers 0.0
Fossil fuels15%
Renewables58%
Other27%
Carbon intensityLow
77g/kWh
0Day average 77300
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Key moments

On Friday 6 October 2023, wind supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 15%. Demand peaked at 34.8 GW at 12:15. Carbon intensity averaged 77 g/kWh and the price £27.87/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.2 GW at 11:00. Solar generation peaked at 5.8 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:30 (45 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (134 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£73.24/MWh at 04:30 to £101.71/MWh at 18:30. The price was below zero for 6.5 hours. Wind made 56% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 33% across 2023.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.454.7%Wind 15.7851.2%Gas 4.7515.4%Hydro 0.642.1%Biomass 1.374.5%Nuclear 4.2213.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.3avgGeneration 28.2avgTransfers 0.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.8GW · 12:15
Low 20.2 · 04:35Avg 28.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 28.2Transfers 0.0 GW
Net imports2GWh
In
55 Out
53
Zero-carbon share78%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 56%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 6 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 October 2023, Great Britain imported 55 GWh and exported 53 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (33 GWh), and the most exports went to France (33 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 Oct
Imported
55GWh
Exported
53GWh
Net in
2GWh
Average net flow
0.07GW 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

Average1.12GWExporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 32.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.56GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 13.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.31GWImporting

In 14.7 GWhOut 7.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.39GWImporting

In 33.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 7.0 GWhPumped 7.5 GWh

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