Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 2 February 2024

On Friday 2 February, demand averaged 34.0 GW. Renewables supplied 56%.

34.0GW AVERAGEWind18.58 GW53%Hydro0.68 GW2%Biomass2.33 GW7%Solar0.71 GW2%Gas3.76 GW11%Coal0.30 GW1%Imports5.27 GW15%Nuclear3.73 GW11%34.0GW AVERAGE53%11%15%11%
Price
£49.60/MWh
Day average £49.60
Demand34.0GW
Generation 30.1Transfers 3.9
Fossil fuels11%
Renewables56%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
67g/kWh
0Day average 67300
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 Friday 2 February 2024, wind supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 11%. Demand peaked at 41.1 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity averaged 67 g/kWh and the price £49.60/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 19.7 GW at 12:35. Solar generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:30 (42 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (104 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £19.49/MWh at 23:00 to £71.55/MWh at 18:00. Wind made 62% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 35% across 2024.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.712.0%Wind 18.5852.5%Gas 3.7610.6%Hydro 0.681.9%Biomass 2.336.6%Nuclear 3.7310.6%Coal 0.300.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.0avgGeneration 30.1avgTransfers 3.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.1GW · 11:00
Low 25.4 · 04:00Avg 34.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain88%of demand
Generation 30.1Transfers 3.9 GW
Net imports97GWh
In
119 Out
22
Zero-carbon share79%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 2%Wind 62%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 2 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 2 February 2024, Great Britain imported 119 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (34 GWh), and the most exports went to France (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 2 Feb
Imported
119GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
97GWh
Average net flow
4.05GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.37GWImporting

In 11.6 GWhOut 2.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average1.23GWImporting

In 29.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.03GWImporting

In 34.5 GWhOut 9.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWExporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 9.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.49GWImporting

In 11.8 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.14GWImporting

In 27.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 7.3 GWhPumped 10.1 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.