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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 20 August 2017

On Sunday 20 August, demand averaged 25.4 GW. Renewables supplied 19%.

25.4GW AVERAGEWind2.81 GW11%Hydro0.54 GW2%Solar1.62 GW6%Gas9.23 GW36%Coal0.65 GW3%Imports2.73 GW11%Nuclear8.17 GW32%25.4GW AVERAGE11%36%11%32%
Price
£38.67/MWh
Day average £38.67
Demand25.4GW
Generation 23.0Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels36%
Renewables19%
Other42%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 20 August 2017, gas supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 32%. Demand peaked at 30.6 GW at 17:55. The price £38.67/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 00:10. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 11:30. The wholesale price ranged from −£1.39/MWh at 03:00 to £90.70/MWh at 19:00. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Gas made 40% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.626.3%Wind 2.8110.9%Gas 9.2335.8%Hydro 0.542.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.1731.7%Coal 0.652.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.4avgGeneration 23.0avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.6GW · 17:55
Low 18.2 · 05:50Avg 25.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 23.0Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
57 Out
0
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 36%Hydro 2%Wind 12%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sun 20 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 20 August 2017, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (31 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 20 Aug
Imported
57GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.37GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.30GWImporting

In 31.4 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.30GWImporting

In 7.3 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.77GWImporting

In 18.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 8.3 GWhPumped 8.0 GWh

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