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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 1 July 2019

On Monday 1 July, demand averaged 30.2 GW. Renewables supplied 44%.

30.2GW AVERAGEWind11.23 GW36%Hydro0.17 GW1%Biomass1.93 GW6%Solar2.17 GW7%Gas8.28 GW27%Imports2.46 GW8%Nuclear4.77 GW15%30.2GW AVERAGE36%27%8%15%
Price
£37.82/MWh
Day average £37.82
Demand30.2GW
Generation 28.5Transfers 1.7
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables44%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
148g/kWh
0Day average 148300
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Key moments

On Monday 1 July 2019, wind supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 36.6 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 148 g/kWh and the price £37.82/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.1 GW at 08:30. Solar generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (110 g/kWh) and highest at 22:30 (222 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £18.82/MWh at 05:30 to £58.97/MWh at 19:30. Wind made 39% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.177.0%Wind 11.2336.2%Gas 8.2826.7%Hydro 0.170.5%Biomass 1.936.2%Nuclear 4.7715.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.2avgGeneration 28.5avgTransfers 1.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.6GW · 17:25
Low 20.3 · 04:50Avg 30.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 28.5Transfers 1.7 GW
Net imports42GWh
In
53 Out
11
Zero-carbon share64%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 39%Solar 8%

Transfers · Mon 1 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 1 July 2019, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 11 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (32 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 1 Jul
Imported
53GWh
Exported
11GWh
Net in
42GWh
Average net flow
1.77GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.03GWExporting

In 2.0 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.33GWImporting

In 32.4 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 3.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.38GWImporting

In 13.3 GWhOut 4.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 8.0 GWh

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