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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 22 July 2019

On Monday 22 July, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind11.25 GW36%Hydro0.30 GW1%Biomass1.61 GW5%Solar2.16 GW7%Gas8.90 GW28%Coal0.08 GW0%Imports1.68 GW5%Nuclear5.63 GW18%30.5GW AVERAGE36%28%18%
Price
£34.76/MWh
Day average £34.76
Demand30.5GW
Generation 29.9Transfers 0.5
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables43%
Other28%
Carbon intensityLow
157g/kWh
0Day average 157300
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Key moments

On Monday 22 July 2019, wind supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 37.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 157 g/kWh and the price £34.76/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.7 GW at 10:55. Solar generation peaked at 6.5 GW at 14:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (115 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (201 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £9.79/MWh at 03:00 to £49.22/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 38% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.166.8%Wind 11.2535.6%Gas 8.9028.2%Hydro 0.300.9%Biomass 1.615.1%Nuclear 5.6317.8%Coal 0.080.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 29.9avgTransfers 0.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.3GW · 12:00
Low 19.8 · 02:55Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 29.9Transfers 0.5 GW
Net imports20GWh
In
37 Out
17
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 38%Solar 7%

Transfers · Mon 22 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 22 July 2019, Great Britain imported 37 GWh and exported 17 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 22 Jul
Imported
37GWh
Exported
17GWh
Net in
20GWh
Average net flow
0.82GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.17GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 2.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.12GWExporting

In 8.1 GWhOut 11.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.41GWImporting

In 9.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.37GWImporting

In 12.8 GWhOut 3.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.28GWPumping

Generated 3.6 GWhPumped 10.3 GWh

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