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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 10 July 2020

On Friday 10 July, demand averaged 27.9 GW. Renewables supplied 28%.

27.9GW AVERAGEWind5.77 GW20%Hydro0.35 GW1%Biomass2.90 GW10%Solar2.20 GW7%Gas11.94 GW41%Imports0.96 GW3%Nuclear5.33 GW18%27.9GW AVERAGE20%10%7%41%18%
Price
£28.69/MWh
Day average £28.69
Demand27.9GW
Generation 28.5Transfers −0.6
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables28%
Other31%
Carbon intensityModerate
200g/kWh
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Key moments

On Friday 10 July 2020, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 20%. Demand peaked at 33.9 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 200 g/kWh and the price £28.69/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.7 GW at 14:40. Solar generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (171 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (239 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £20.50/MWh at 15:00 to £37.52/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 42% 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 2.207.5%Wind 5.7719.6%Gas 11.9440.5%Hydro 0.351.2%Biomass 2.909.9%Nuclear 5.3318.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.9avgGeneration 28.5avgTransfers −0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.9GW · 12:10
Low 19.9 · 05:00Avg 27.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 28.5Transfers −0.6 GW
Net exports14GWh
In
22 Out
36
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 20%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 10 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 10 July 2020, Great Britain imported 22 GWh and exported 36 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (9 GWh), and the most exports went to France (26 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 10 Jul
Imported
22GWh
Exported
36GWh
Net out
14GWh
Average net flow
0.57GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.05GWImporting

In 6.9 GWhOut 5.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.01GWExporting

In 1.5 GWhOut 25.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 5.0 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.20GWImporting

In 8.6 GWhOut 3.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 1.1 GWhPumped 1.4 GWh

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