Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 15 April 2020

On Wednesday 15 April, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind3.97 GW14%Hydro0.39 GW1%Biomass3.02 GW11%Solar2.96 GW11%Gas8.72 GW31%Imports3.60 GW13%Nuclear5.38 GW19%27.4GW AVERAGE14%11%11%31%13%19%
Price
£24.82/MWh
Day average £24.82
Demand27.4GW
Generation 24.4Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels31%
Renewables26%
Other43%
Carbon intensityModerate
175g/kWh
0Day average 175300
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 Wednesday 15 April 2020, gas supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 19%. Demand peaked at 32.5 GW at 17:55. Carbon intensity averaged 175 g/kWh and the price £24.82/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 12:05. Solar generation peaked at 9.1 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (127 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (226 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £14.54/MWh at 04:30 to £37.14/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 36% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 38% across 2020.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.9610.5%Wind 3.9714.2%Gas 8.7231.1%Hydro 0.391.4%Biomass 3.0210.8%Nuclear 5.3819.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 24.4avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.5GW · 17:55
Low 20.9 · 04:25Avg 27.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 24.4Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports70GWh
In
84 Out
13
Zero-carbon share52%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 2%Wind 16%Solar 12%

Transfers · Wed 15 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 15 April 2020, Great Britain imported 84 GWh and exported 13 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 15 Apr
Imported
84GWh
Exported
13GWh
Net in
70GWh
Average net flow
2.93GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.88GWImporting

In 21.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.75GWImporting

In 42.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.55GWExporting

In 0.3 GWhOut 13.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWGenerating

Generated 2.8 GWhPumped 1.3 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.