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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 26 June 2020

On Friday 26 June, demand averaged 28.1 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

28.1GW AVERAGEWind4.90 GW17%Hydro0.40 GW1%Biomass2.97 GW10%Solar2.46 GW8%Gas13.25 GW45%Imports0.90 GW3%Nuclear4.48 GW15%28.1GW AVERAGE17%10%8%45%15%
Price
£29.72/MWh
Day average £29.72
Demand28.1GW
Generation 28.5Transfers −0.4
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables26%
Other28%
Carbon intensityModerate
201g/kWh
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Key moments

On Friday 26 June 2020, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 17%. Demand peaked at 35.1 GW at 12:50. Carbon intensity averaged 201 g/kWh and the price £29.72/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 7.5 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:00 (162 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (233 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £15.18/MWh at 23:00 to £39.48/MWh at 20:00. Gas made 47% 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 2.468.4%Wind 4.9016.7%Gas 13.2545.1%Hydro 0.401.4%Biomass 2.9710.1%Nuclear 4.4815.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.1avgGeneration 28.5avgTransfers −0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.1GW · 12:50
Low 19.8 · 04:55Avg 28.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 28.5Transfers −0.4 GW
Net exports10GWh
In
19 Out
29
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 17%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 26 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 26 June 2020, Great Britain imported 19 GWh and exported 29 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (6 GWh), and the most exports went to France (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 26 Jun
Imported
19GWh
Exported
29GWh
Net out
10GWh
Average net flow
0.43GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.09GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.71GWExporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 21.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.01GWExporting

In 3.4 GWhOut 3.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.21GWImporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 2.9 GWhPumped 2.5 GWh

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