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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 13 October 2023

On Friday 13 October, demand averaged 29.3 GW. Renewables supplied 50%.

29.3GW AVERAGEWind14.00 GW46%Hydro0.57 GW2%Biomass1.94 GW6%Solar0.82 GW3%Gas3.65 GW12%Coal0.65 GW2%Imports4.66 GW15%Nuclear4.21 GW14%29.3GW AVERAGE46%12%15%14%
Price
£81.05/MWh
Day average £81.05
Demand29.3GW
Generation 25.8Transfers 3.4
Fossil fuels12%
Renewables50%
Other35%
Carbon intensityLow
91g/kWh
0Day average 91300
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Key moments

On Friday 13 October 2023, wind supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 14%. Demand peaked at 36.3 GW at 12:45. Carbon intensity averaged 91 g/kWh and the price £81.05/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.1 GW at 22:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.0 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 21:00 (51 g/kWh) and highest at 00:30 (128 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£7.11/MWh at 23:30 to £139.17/MWh at 08:00. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 54% 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 0.822.7%Wind 14.0045.9%Gas 3.6512.0%Hydro 0.571.9%Biomass 1.946.4%Nuclear 4.2113.8%Coal 0.652.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.3avgGeneration 25.8avgTransfers 3.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.3GW · 12:45
Low 20.9 · 03:35Avg 29.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain88%of demand
Generation 25.8Transfers 3.4 GW
Net imports86GWh
In
108 Out
22
Zero-carbon share76%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 54%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 13 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 13 October 2023, Great Britain imported 108 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (49 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (20 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 13 Oct
Imported
108GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
86GWh
Average net flow
3.58GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.58GWImporting

In 14.7 GWhOut 0.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.04GWImporting

In 48.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.84GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.45GWImporting

In 12.3 GWhOut 1.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.36GWImporting

In 32.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 7.6 GWh

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