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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 29 May 2020

On Friday 29 May, demand averaged 25.9 GW. Renewables supplied 30%.

25.9GW AVERAGEWind4.10 GW16%Hydro0.28 GW1%Biomass2.99 GW11%Solar3.36 GW13%Gas6.69 GW26%Imports3.68 GW14%Nuclear4.94 GW19%25.9GW AVERAGE16%11%13%26%14%19%
Price
£21.83/MWh
Day average £21.83
Demand25.9GW
Generation 22.3Transfers 3.6
Fossil fuels26%
Renewables30%
Other45%
Carbon intensityLow
146g/kWh
0Day average 146300
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Key moments

On Friday 29 May 2020, gas supplied 26% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 19%. Demand peaked at 31.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 146 g/kWh and the price £21.83/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 23:25. Solar generation peaked at 9.5 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:30 (109 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (192 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £13.45/MWh at 01:00 to £32.20/MWh at 22:30. Gas made 30% 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 3.3612.9%Wind 4.1015.7%Gas 6.6925.7%Hydro 0.281.1%Biomass 2.9911.5%Nuclear 4.9419.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.9avgGeneration 22.3avgTransfers 3.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.9GW · 12:30
Low 19.0 · 04:55Avg 25.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain86%of demand
Generation 22.3Transfers 3.6 GW
Net imports88GWh
In
88 Out
0
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 1%Wind 18%Solar 15%

Transfers · Fri 29 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 29 May 2020, Great Britain imported 88 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (34 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 29 May
Imported
88GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
88GWh
Average net flow
3.66GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.76GWImporting

In 18.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.83GWImporting

In 20.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.67GWImporting

In 16.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 0.5 GWhPumped 1.8 GWh

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