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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 24 May 2020

On Sunday 24 May, demand averaged 24.6 GW. Renewables supplied 52%.

24.6GW AVERAGEWind10.75 GW41%Hydro0.53 GW2%Biomass0.92 GW3%Solar2.46 GW9%Gas4.16 GW16%Imports2.04 GW8%Nuclear5.63 GW21%24.6GW AVERAGE41%9%16%8%21%
Price
£-1.16/MWh
Day average £-1.16
Demand24.6GW
Generation 24.4Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels16%
Renewables52%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
86g/kWh
0Day average 86300
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Key moments

On Sunday 24 May 2020, wind supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 30.7 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity averaged 86 g/kWh and the price £-1.16/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.8 GW at 12:40. Solar generation peaked at 7.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (46 g/kWh) and highest at 23:00 (150 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£36.28/MWh at 09:00 to £48.56/MWh at 23:00. The price was below zero for 15 hours. Wind made 44% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 27% across 2020.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.469.3%Wind 10.7540.6%Gas 4.1615.7%Hydro 0.532.0%Biomass 0.923.5%Nuclear 5.6321.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 24.6avgGeneration 24.4avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.7GW · 13:00
Low 18.5 · 05:00Avg 24.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 24.4Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports11GWh
In
40 Out
29
Zero-carbon share79%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 2%Wind 44%Solar 10%

Transfers · Sun 24 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 24 May 2020, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 29 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (20 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 24 May
Imported
40GWh
Exported
29GWh
Net in
11GWh
Average net flow
0.44GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.36GWImporting

In 10.8 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.54GWImporting

In 20.4 GWhOut 7.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWExporting

In 3.3 GWhOut 9.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.19GWExporting

In 5.4 GWhOut 9.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.24GWPumping

Generated 9.0 GWhPumped 14.8 GWh

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