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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 6 June 2020

On Saturday 6 June, demand averaged 25.4 GW. Renewables supplied 53%.

25.4GW AVERAGEWind12.43 GW46%Hydro0.18 GW1%Biomass1.05 GW4%Solar1.64 GW6%Gas4.96 GW18%Imports1.98 GW7%Nuclear4.73 GW18%25.4GW AVERAGE46%18%7%18%
Price
£5.06/MWh
Day average £5.06
Demand25.4GW
Generation 25.0Transfers 0.5
Fossil fuels18%
Renewables53%
Other29%
Carbon intensityLow
97g/kWh
0Day average 97300
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Key moments

On Saturday 6 June 2020, wind supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 18%. Demand peaked at 31.3 GW at 12:15. Carbon intensity averaged 97 g/kWh and the price £5.06/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.9 GW at 11:25. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:30 (69 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (119 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£31.75/MWh at 05:00 to £40.01/MWh at 19:30. The price was below zero for 14.5 hours. Wind made 50% 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 1.646.1%Wind 12.4346.1%Gas 4.9618.4%Hydro 0.180.7%Biomass 1.053.9%Nuclear 4.7317.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.4avgGeneration 25.0avgTransfers 0.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.3GW · 12:15
Low 18.5 · 04:50Avg 25.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 25.0Transfers 0.5 GW
Net imports17GWh
In
41 Out
24
Zero-carbon share76%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 50%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sat 6 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 6 June 2020, Great Britain imported 41 GWh and exported 24 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (14 GWh), and the most exports went to France (12 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 6 Jun
Imported
41GWh
Exported
24GWh
Net in
17GWh
Average net flow
0.69GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.19GWImporting

In 10.0 GWhOut 5.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.08GWExporting

In 10.6 GWhOut 12.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.58GWImporting

In 13.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 6.5 GWhOut 6.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.24GWPumping

Generated 6.7 GWhPumped 12.4 GWh

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