Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 16 February 2020

On Sunday 16 February, demand averaged 33.7 GW. Renewables supplied 52%.

33.7GW AVERAGEWind16.86 GW49%Hydro0.63 GW2%Biomass1.84 GW5%Solar0.34 GW1%Gas4.78 GW14%Coal1.26 GW4%Imports3.12 GW9%Nuclear5.60 GW16%33.7GW AVERAGE49%14%9%16%
Price
£22.49/MWh
Day average £22.49
Demand33.7GW
Generation 31.3Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels14%
Renewables52%
Other31%
Carbon intensityLow
129g/kWh
0Day average 129300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Sunday 16 February 2020, wind supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 42.4 GW at 18:00. Carbon intensity averaged 129 g/kWh and the price £22.49/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.4 GW at 17:15. Solar generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 15:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (109 g/kWh) and highest at 17:30 (161 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£7.11/MWh at 09:00 to £44.79/MWh at 18:00. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Wind made 54% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 27% across 2020.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.341.0%Wind 16.8649.0%Gas 4.7813.9%Hydro 0.631.8%Biomass 1.845.4%Nuclear 5.6016.3%Coal 1.263.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.7avgGeneration 31.3avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand42.4GW · 18:00
Low 25.1 · 04:55Avg 33.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 31.3Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports63GWh
In
69 Out
6
Zero-carbon share75%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 2%Wind 54%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sun 16 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 16 February 2020, Great Britain imported 69 GWh and exported 6 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (31 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 16 Feb
Imported
69GWh
Exported
6GWh
Net in
63GWh
Average net flow
2.60GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.62GWImporting

In 15.5 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.24GWImporting

In 30.6 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.50GWImporting

In 12.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.24GWImporting

In 10.7 GWhOut 4.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 6.0 GWhPumped 10.1 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.