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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 1 May 2020

On Friday 1 May, demand averaged 27.8 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

27.8GW AVERAGEWind6.32 GW23%Hydro0.31 GW1%Biomass2.09 GW7%Solar2.14 GW8%Gas7.58 GW27%Imports3.63 GW13%Nuclear5.79 GW21%27.8GW AVERAGE23%7%8%27%13%21%
Price
£27.04/MWh
Day average £27.04
Demand27.8GW
Generation 24.2Transfers 3.5
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables32%
Other41%
Carbon intensityLow
136g/kWh
0Day average 136300
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Key moments

On Friday 1 May 2020, gas supplied 27% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 23%. Demand peaked at 33.1 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 136 g/kWh and the price £27.04/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.5 GW at 16:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (115 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (172 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £19.69/MWh at 02:30 to £33.86/MWh at 21:00. Gas made 31% 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 2.147.7%Wind 6.3222.7%Gas 7.5827.2%Hydro 0.311.1%Biomass 2.097.5%Nuclear 5.7920.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.8avgGeneration 24.2avgTransfers 3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.1GW · 12:10
Low 20.8 · 04:40Avg 27.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain87%of demand
Generation 24.2Transfers 3.5 GW
Net imports81GWh
In
82 Out
1
Zero-carbon share60%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 26%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 1 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 1 May 2020, Great Britain imported 82 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (39 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 1 May
Imported
82GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
81GWh
Average net flow
3.36GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.82GWImporting

In 19.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.62GWImporting

In 38.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 6.2 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.71GWImporting

In 17.1 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWGenerating

Generated 5.2 GWhPumped 1.2 GWh

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