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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 28 June 2020

On Sunday 28 June, demand averaged 24.4 GW. Renewables supplied 58%.

24.4GW AVERAGEWind13.04 GW49%Hydro0.28 GW1%Biomass0.90 GW3%Solar2.29 GW9%Gas5.03 GW19%Imports0.67 GW3%Nuclear4.50 GW17%24.4GW AVERAGE49%9%19%17%
Price
£-11.35/MWh
Day average £-11.35
Demand24.4GW
Generation 26.0Transfers −1.6
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables58%
Other23%
Carbon intensityLow
99g/kWh
0Day average 99300
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Key moments

On Sunday 28 June 2020, wind supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 30.3 GW at 17:55. Carbon intensity averaged 99 g/kWh and the price £-11.35/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.7 GW at 17:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.7 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:30 (67 g/kWh) and highest at 20:00 (123 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£47.90/MWh at 04:30 to £26.26/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 2.298.6%Wind 13.0448.8%Gas 5.0318.8%Hydro 0.281.1%Biomass 0.903.4%Nuclear 4.5016.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 24.4avgGeneration 26.0avgTransfers −1.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.3GW · 17:55
Low 17.3 · 05:20Avg 24.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain107%of demand
Generation 26.0Transfers −1.6 GW
Net exports31GWh
In
12 Out
43
Zero-carbon share77%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 50%Solar 9%

Transfers · Sun 28 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 28 June 2020, Great Britain imported 12 GWh and exported 43 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (9 GWh), and the most exports went to France (26 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 28 Jun
Imported
12GWh
Exported
43GWh
Net out
31GWh
Average net flow
1.31GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.23GWExporting

In 1.9 GWhOut 7.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.03GWExporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 25.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.36GWImporting

In 8.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.40GWExporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 9.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.34GWPumping

Generated 4.5 GWhPumped 12.6 GWh

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