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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 23 June 2020

On Tuesday 23 June, demand averaged 27.5 GW. Renewables supplied 31%.

27.5GW AVERAGEWind5.66 GW20%Hydro0.32 GW1%Biomass1.84 GW6%Solar2.96 GW10%Gas12.04 GW42%Imports1.02 GW4%Nuclear4.85 GW17%27.5GW AVERAGE20%10%42%17%
Price
£33.13/MWh
Day average £33.13
Demand27.5GW
Generation 27.7Transfers −0.1
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables31%
Other27%
Carbon intensityModerate
191g/kWh
0Day average 191300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 23 June 2020, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 20%. Demand peaked at 34.0 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 191 g/kWh and the price £33.13/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.2 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 8.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:00 (134 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (247 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £19.90/MWh at 23:00 to £42.79/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 44% 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 2.9610.3%Wind 5.6619.7%Gas 12.0442.0%Hydro 0.321.1%Biomass 1.846.4%Nuclear 4.8516.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.5avgGeneration 27.7avgTransfers −0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.0GW · 12:00
Low 18.8 · 05:00Avg 27.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 27.7Transfers −0.1 GW
Net exports8GWh
In
18 Out
26
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 20%Solar 11%

Transfers · Tue 23 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 23 June 2020, Great Britain imported 18 GWh and exported 26 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (6 GWh), and the most exports went to France (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 23 Jun
Imported
18GWh
Exported
26GWh
Net out
8GWh
Average net flow
0.32GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.08GWImporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.43GWExporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 13.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 5.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.10GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 3.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWGenerating

Generated 6.4 GWhPumped 2.0 GWh

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