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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 19 May 2020

On Tuesday 19 May, demand averaged 27.0 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

27.0GW AVERAGEWind4.40 GW16%Hydro0.29 GW1%Biomass2.84 GW10%Solar2.42 GW9%Gas7.82 GW29%Imports3.63 GW13%Nuclear5.76 GW21%27.0GW AVERAGE16%10%9%29%13%21%
Price
£23.86/MWh
Day average £23.86
Demand27.0GW
Generation 23.5Transfers 3.4
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables26%
Other45%
Carbon intensityLow
153g/kWh
0Day average 153300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 19 May 2020, gas supplied 29% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 33.0 GW at 12:35. Carbon intensity averaged 153 g/kWh and the price £23.86/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 01:50. Solar generation peaked at 7.5 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:30 (115 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (221 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £10.55/MWh at 03:30 to £33.71/MWh at 20:30. Gas made 33% 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 2.428.9%Wind 4.4016.2%Gas 7.8228.8%Hydro 0.291.1%Biomass 2.8410.5%Nuclear 5.7621.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.0avgGeneration 23.5avgTransfers 3.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.0GW · 12:35
Low 19.6 · 03:45Avg 27.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain87%of demand
Generation 23.5Transfers 3.4 GW
Net imports81GWh
In
83 Out
2
Zero-carbon share55%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 10%

Transfers · Tue 19 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 19 May 2020, Great Britain imported 83 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 19 May
Imported
83GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
81GWh
Average net flow
3.36GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.82GWImporting

In 19.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.66GWImporting

In 39.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 7.2 GWhOut 1.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.65GWImporting

In 15.9 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWGenerating

Generated 4.3 GWhPumped 2.3 GWh

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