Multi-vector charts of various supplies and demands within Great Britain's energy system

1. Multi-vector energy diagram
Great Britain - daily resolution
Data from: October 2014 to December 2018

2. For further information please contact:
Dr. Grant Wilson BSc (Hons), MEng, PhD, CEng, AFHEA, IMechE
Lecturer
School of Chemical Engineering
The University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
i.a.g.wilson@bham.ac.uk
Updated slidepacks can be found:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/multi-vector-energy-analytics
This slidepack is produced as an aid to teaching and learning, as a
reference of Great Britain’s recent energy transition, and an indication of the
challenges ahead.

3.  The diagrams in this slidepack have been produced with a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
license to encourage their wider use.
 On limited occasions, there are errors in the data that have
been manually corrected. For most erroneous values, a
linear interpolation has been used to correct data points
between the two nearest valid values.
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4. Data sources:
The underlying electrical and natural gas data are available at a
geographical level of Great Britain rather than the United
Kingdom (Northern Ireland is not included).
Gas data from National Grid, embedded electrical data from
National Grid and transmission connected electrical data from
Elexon.
The liquid fuels data are available at a United Kingdom level
that includes Northern Ireland from:
‘Deliveries of petroleum products for inland consumption (ET
3.13)’ from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oil-and-oil-
products-section-3-energy-trends

5. The content of this work has been carefully prepared and
reviewed. However, the University of Birmingham does not
guarantee the accuracy, completeness or quality of the
information provided, or that it is up-to-date. The University of
Birmingham accepts no liability other than liability that can not
be excluded by law whatsoever in respect of any claim or
claims arising from the use of this work.
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6. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Electricity demand = National Demand + embedded generation

7. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Electricity from Coal Generation

8. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day

9. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Renewables = Wind + Solar + Hydro + Biomass

10. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Petrol (Motor Spirit)

11. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
DERV (Diesel)

12. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Aviation Fuel

13. Transport fuels = Aviation Fuels + DERV (Diesel) + Motor Spirit (Petrol)
Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day

14. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Non-Daily Metered local gas demand
1st of March Cold Weather Event
3.5 times the daily energy than electricity

15. Great Britain’s Energy Vectors – in GWh per day
Gas total, includes exports, storage, power
stations, industry and local gas demands