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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 2 July 2019

On Tuesday 2 July, demand averaged 30.6 GW. Renewables supplied 24%.

30.6GW AVERAGEWind5.02 GW16%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass2.08 GW7%Solar2.40 GW8%Gas13.86 GW44%Imports3.02 GW10%Nuclear4.77 GW15%30.6GW AVERAGE16%8%44%10%15%
Price
£35.52/MWh
Day average £35.52
Demand30.6GW
Generation 28.3Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables24%
Other31%
Carbon intensityModerate
227g/kWh
0Day average 227300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 2 July 2019, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 16%. Demand peaked at 36.6 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 227 g/kWh and the price £35.52/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 17:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:30 (196 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (267 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £27.79/MWh at 02:00 to £47.27/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 49% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2019.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.407.6%Wind 5.0216.0%Gas 13.8644.2%Hydro 0.200.6%Biomass 2.086.6%Nuclear 4.7715.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.6avgGeneration 28.3avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.6GW · 17:25
Low 20.8 · 04:45Avg 30.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.3Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports56GWh
In
70 Out
14
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 18%Solar 8%

Transfers · Tue 2 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 2 July 2019, Great Britain imported 70 GWh and exported 14 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 2 Jul
Imported
70GWh
Exported
14GWh
Net in
56GWh
Average net flow
2.33GW 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

Average1.89GWImporting

In 45.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.52GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 14.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.95GWImporting

In 22.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 2.5 GWhPumped 2.7 GWh

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