Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 27 November 2023

On Monday 27 November, demand averaged 35.0 GW. Renewables supplied 27%.

35.0GW AVERAGEWind9.12 GW25%Hydro0.50 GW1%Biomass2.73 GW8%Solar0.25 GW1%Gas14.81 GW41%Coal0.80 GW2%Imports3.69 GW10%Nuclear4.09 GW11%35.0GW AVERAGE25%8%41%10%11%
Price
£103.56/MWh
Day average £103.56
Demand35.0GW
Generation 32.3Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables27%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
196g/kWh
0Day average 196300
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

Key moments

On Monday 27 November 2023, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 25%. Demand peaked at 43.4 GW at 17:00. Carbon intensity averaged 196 g/kWh and the price £103.56/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.6 GW at 18:00. Solar generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 22:30 (114 g/kWh) and highest at 06:00 (259 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £79.95/MWh at 23:30 to £123.83/MWh at 05:00. Gas made 46% 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 0.250.7%Wind 9.1225.3%Gas 14.8141.1%Hydro 0.501.4%Biomass 2.737.6%Nuclear 4.0911.4%Coal 0.802.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.0avgGeneration 32.3avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.4GW · 17:00
Low 23.5 · 05:05Avg 35.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 32.3Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
87 Out
20
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 13%Hydro 2%Wind 28%Solar 1%

Transfers · Mon 27 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 27 November 2023, Great Britain imported 87 GWh and exported 20 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (38 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (12 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 27 Nov
Imported
87GWh
Exported
20GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.82GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.34GWImporting

In 10.9 GWhOut 2.9 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.56GWImporting

In 37.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.51GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 12.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.23GWImporting

In 9.9 GWhOut 4.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.21GWImporting

In 29.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 1.0 GWhPumped 4.8 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.