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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 12 June 2020

On Friday 12 June, demand averaged 27.6 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

27.6GW AVERAGEWind10.52 GW38%Hydro0.21 GW1%Biomass1.10 GW4%Solar1.28 GW5%Gas7.82 GW28%Imports2.78 GW10%Nuclear4.31 GW15%27.6GW AVERAGE38%28%10%15%
Price
£28.29/MWh
Day average £28.29
Demand27.6GW
Generation 25.2Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables43%
Other29%
Carbon intensityLow
143g/kWh
0Day average 143300
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Key moments

On Friday 12 June 2020, wind supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 34.1 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 143 g/kWh and the price £28.29/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.7 GW at 12:20. Solar generation peaked at 4.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:30 (107 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (186 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £14.11/MWh at 01:30 to £38.87/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 42% 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 1.284.6%Wind 10.5237.5%Gas 7.8227.9%Hydro 0.210.8%Biomass 1.103.9%Nuclear 4.3115.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.6avgGeneration 25.2avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.1GW · 12:10
Low 19.7 · 04:55Avg 27.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 25.2Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
63 Out
4
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 42%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 12 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 12 June 2020, Great Britain imported 63 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (28 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 12 Jun
Imported
63GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
60GWh
Average net flow
2.48GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.51GWImporting

In 13.7 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.16GWImporting

In 28.1 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.37GWImporting

In 9.0 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.44GWImporting

In 12.4 GWhOut 1.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 3.6 GWhPumped 5.6 GWh

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