Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 11 October 2024

On Friday 11 October, demand averaged 30.9 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

30.9GW AVERAGEWind7.96 GW25%Hydro0.23 GW1%Biomass2.76 GW9%Solar2.19 GW7%Gas10.16 GW32%Imports5.27 GW16%Nuclear3.62 GW11%30.9GW AVERAGE25%9%32%16%11%
Price
£85.26/MWh
Day average £85.26
Demand30.9GW
Generation 26.9Transfers 4.0
Fossil fuels32%
Renewables32%
Other36%
Carbon intensityModerate
152g/kWh
0Day average 152300
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 11 October 2024, gas supplied 32% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 25%. Demand peaked at 37.8 GW at 09:30. Carbon intensity averaged 152 g/kWh and the price £85.26/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.3 GW at 05:20. Solar generation peaked at 8.8 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:30 (102 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (216 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £50.62/MWh at 04:30 to £127.48/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 38% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 31% across 2024.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.196.8%Wind 7.9624.7%Gas 10.1631.6%Hydro 0.230.7%Biomass 2.768.6%Nuclear 3.6211.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.9avgGeneration 26.9avgTransfers 4.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.8GW · 09:30
Low 22.7 · 05:00Avg 30.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain87%of demand
Generation 26.9Transfers 4.0 GW
Net imports98GWh
In
122 Out
25
Zero-carbon share52%of generation
Nuclear 13%Hydro 1%Wind 30%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 11 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 11 October 2024, Great Britain imported 122 GWh and exported 25 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (34 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 11 Oct
Imported
122GWh
Exported
25GWh
Net in
98GWh
Average net flow
4.07GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average1.29GWImporting

In 30.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.8 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.86GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.52GWImporting

In 16.0 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 4.0 GWhPumped 5.8 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.