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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 7 October 2023

On Saturday 7 October, demand averaged 25.5 GW. Renewables supplied 50%.

25.5GW AVERAGEWind11.60 GW42%Hydro0.65 GW2%Biomass0.60 GW2%Solar1.54 GW6%Gas4.88 GW18%Imports3.83 GW14%Nuclear4.22 GW15%25.5GW AVERAGE42%18%14%15%
Price
£49.22/MWh
Day average £49.22
Demand25.5GW
Generation 23.5Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels18%
Renewables50%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
89g/kWh
0Day average 89300
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Key moments

On Saturday 7 October 2023, wind supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 18%. Demand peaked at 30.1 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 89 g/kWh and the price £49.22/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.7 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.0 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:00 (57 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (158 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£0.66/MWh at 12:00 to £103.78/MWh at 19:30. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 49% 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 1.545.7%Wind 11.6042.4%Gas 4.8817.9%Hydro 0.652.4%Biomass 0.602.2%Nuclear 4.2215.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.5avgGeneration 23.5avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.1GW · 11:30
Low 18.8 · 04:00Avg 25.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 23.5Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports52GWh
In
87 Out
35
Zero-carbon share77%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 3%Wind 49%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sat 7 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 7 October 2023, Great Britain imported 87 GWh and exported 35 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (34 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 7 Oct
Imported
87GWh
Exported
35GWh
Net in
52GWh
Average net flow
2.19GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.33GWImporting

In 11.1 GWhOut 3.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.80GWImporting

In 29.5 GWhOut 10.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.86GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.52GWImporting

In 13.2 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.19GWPumping

Generated 4.7 GWhPumped 9.2 GWh

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