Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 11 November 2024

On Monday 11 November, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind9.80 GW28%Hydro0.15 GW0%Biomass2.05 GW6%Solar1.10 GW3%Gas11.79 GW34%Imports5.00 GW14%Nuclear4.75 GW14%32.8GW AVERAGE28%34%14%14%
Price
£102.72/MWh
Day average £102.72
Demand32.8GW
Generation 29.6Transfers 3.1
Fossil fuels34%
Renewables32%
Other34%
Carbon intensityModerate
149g/kWh
0Day average 149300
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 11 November 2024, gas supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 28%. Demand peaked at 40.3 GW at 18:10. Carbon intensity averaged 149 g/kWh and the price £102.72/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.0 GW at 02:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:00 (78 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (194 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £78.30/MWh at 03:30 to £129.13/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 40% 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 1.103.2%Wind 9.8028.3%Gas 11.7934.0%Hydro 0.150.4%Biomass 2.055.9%Nuclear 4.7513.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 29.6avgTransfers 3.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.3GW · 18:10
Low 22.7 · 04:35Avg 32.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 29.6Transfers 3.1 GW
Net imports78GWh
In
116 Out
38
Zero-carbon share53%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 33%Solar 4%

Transfers · Mon 11 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 11 November 2024, Great Britain imported 116 GWh and exported 38 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (57 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (22 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 11 Nov
Imported
116GWh
Exported
38GWh
Net in
78GWh
Average net flow
3.25GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.49GWImporting

In 12.2 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.42GWExporting

In 1.4 GWhOut 11.5 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.38GWImporting

In 57.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.91GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 21.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.31GWImporting

In 11.5 GWhOut 4.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 4.1 GWhPumped 7.3 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.