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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 23 May 2020

On Saturday 23 May, demand averaged 25.8 GW. Renewables supplied 60%.

25.8GW AVERAGEWind14.01 GW50%Hydro0.29 GW1%Biomass0.65 GW2%Solar2.56 GW9%Gas4.48 GW16%Imports0.54 GW2%Nuclear5.71 GW20%25.8GW AVERAGE50%9%16%20%
Price
£12.10/MWh
Day average £12.10
Demand25.8GW
Generation 27.7Transfers −1.9
Fossil fuels16%
Renewables60%
Other24%
Carbon intensityLow
82g/kWh
0Day average 82300
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Key moments

On Saturday 23 May 2020, wind supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 31.4 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 82 g/kWh and the price £12.10/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.4 GW at 17:05. Solar generation peaked at 7.6 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 10:00 (65 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (106 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£7.27/MWh at 16:00 to £26.28/MWh at 01:30. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Wind made 51% 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 2.569.1%Wind 14.0149.6%Gas 4.4815.8%Hydro 0.291.0%Biomass 0.652.3%Nuclear 5.7120.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.8avgGeneration 27.7avgTransfers −1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.4GW · 12:05
Low 19.5 · 04:55Avg 25.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain107%of demand
Generation 27.7Transfers −1.9 GW
Net exports43GWh
In
8 Out
51
Zero-carbon share81%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 1%Wind 51%Solar 9%

Transfers · Sat 23 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 23 May 2020, Great Britain imported 8 GWh and exported 51 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (4 GWh), and the most exports went to France (30 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 23 May
Imported
8GWh
Exported
51GWh
Net out
43GWh
Average net flow
1.78GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.14GWExporting

In 4.0 GWhOut 7.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.23GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 29.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWExporting

In 2.2 GWhOut 4.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.31GWExporting

In 1.5 GWhOut 8.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 5.3 GWhPumped 7.8 GWh

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