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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 29 June 2020

On Monday 29 June, demand averaged 27.3 GW. Renewables supplied 55%.

27.3GW AVERAGEWind14.08 GW49%Hydro0.42 GW1%Biomass1.06 GW4%Solar1.44 GW5%Gas5.86 GW20%Imports1.50 GW5%Nuclear4.53 GW16%27.3GW AVERAGE49%20%16%
Price
£20.41/MWh
Day average £20.41
Demand27.3GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 0.0
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables55%
Other25%
Carbon intensityLow
108g/kWh
0Day average 108300
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Key moments

On Monday 29 June 2020, wind supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 20%. Demand peaked at 33.8 GW at 12:15. Carbon intensity averaged 108 g/kWh and the price £20.41/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.9 GW at 17:25. Solar generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (91 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (131 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£19.53/MWh at 00:30 to £36.61/MWh at 17:30. The price was below zero for 6 hours. Wind made 51% 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 1.445.0%Wind 14.0848.7%Gas 5.8620.3%Hydro 0.421.5%Biomass 1.063.7%Nuclear 4.5315.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.3avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 0.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.8GW · 12:15
Low 18.3 · 04:35Avg 27.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 0.0 GW
Net imports0GWh
In
32 Out
32
Zero-carbon share75%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 51%Solar 5%

Transfers · Mon 29 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 29 June 2020, Great Britain imported 32 GWh and exported 32 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (11 GWh), and the most exports went to France (22 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 29 Jun
Imported
32GWh
Exported
32GWh
Net in
0GWh
Average net flow
0.01GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.19GWImporting

In 9.7 GWhOut 5.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.79GWExporting

In 2.7 GWhOut 21.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.41GWImporting

In 10.8 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.20GWImporting

In 9.2 GWhOut 4.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 3.7 GWhPumped 4.9 GWh

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