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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 3 July 2020

On Friday 3 July, demand averaged 27.2 GW. Renewables supplied 42%.

27.2GW AVERAGEWind9.90 GW35%Hydro0.54 GW2%Biomass1.72 GW6%Solar1.47 GW5%Gas7.77 GW27%Imports1.59 GW6%Nuclear5.26 GW19%27.2GW AVERAGE35%27%19%
Price
£27.14/MWh
Day average £27.14
Demand27.2GW
Generation 26.6Transfers 0.6
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables42%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
141g/kWh
0Day average 141300
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Key moments

On Friday 3 July 2020, wind supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 33.0 GW at 12:20. Carbon intensity averaged 141 g/kWh and the price £27.14/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.7 GW at 16:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (94 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (214 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £6.29/MWh at 23:30 to £36.28/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 37% 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 1.475.2%Wind 9.9035.1%Gas 7.7727.5%Hydro 0.541.9%Biomass 1.726.1%Nuclear 5.2618.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.2avgGeneration 26.6avgTransfers 0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.0GW · 12:20
Low 19.2 · 05:00Avg 27.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 26.6Transfers 0.6 GW
Net imports14GWh
In
36 Out
22
Zero-carbon share64%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 2%Wind 37%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 3 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 3 July 2020, Great Britain imported 36 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (10 GWh), and the most exports went to France (16 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 3 Jul
Imported
36GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
14GWh
Average net flow
0.57GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.31GWImporting

In 9.9 GWhOut 2.6 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.30GWExporting

In 8.3 GWhOut 15.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.31GWImporting

In 9.8 GWhOut 2.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.26GWImporting

In 8.2 GWhOut 1.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.00GWIdle

Generated 2.1 GWhPumped 2.1 GWh

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