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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 10 October 2023

On Tuesday 10 October, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind12.23 GW39%Hydro0.74 GW2%Biomass2.25 GW7%Solar1.36 GW4%Gas9.09 GW29%Imports1.65 GW5%Nuclear4.21 GW13%28.5GW AVERAGE39%7%29%13%
Price
£90.57/MWh
Day average £90.57
Demand28.5GW
Generation 29.9Transfers −1.4
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables45%
Other26%
Carbon intensityModerate
125g/kWh
0Day average 125300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 10 October 2023, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 29%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 12:45. Carbon intensity averaged 125 g/kWh and the price £90.57/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.3 GW at 16:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (55 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (186 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £54.83/MWh at 23:30 to £126.61/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 41% 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 1.364.3%Wind 12.2338.8%Gas 9.0928.8%Hydro 0.742.3%Biomass 2.257.2%Nuclear 4.2113.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 29.9avgTransfers −1.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 12:45
Low 19.7 · 04:25Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain105%of demand
Generation 29.9Transfers −1.4 GW
Net exports30GWh
In
36 Out
67
Zero-carbon share62%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 2%Wind 41%Solar 5%

Transfers · Tue 10 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 10 October 2023, Great Britain imported 36 GWh and exported 67 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (34 GWh), and the most exports went to France (26 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 10 Oct
Imported
36GWh
Exported
67GWh
Net out
30GWh
Average net flow
1.26GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.60GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 15.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.02GWExporting

In 1.5 GWhOut 26.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.52GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 12.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.51GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 13.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 3.0 GWhPumped 6.6 GWh

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