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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 29 July 2020

On Wednesday 29 July, demand averaged 27.9 GW. Renewables supplied 31%.

27.9GW AVERAGEWind6.11 GW21%Hydro0.49 GW2%Biomass1.59 GW5%Solar2.46 GW8%Gas11.28 GW39%Imports2.09 GW7%Nuclear5.08 GW17%27.9GW AVERAGE21%8%39%7%17%
Price
£30.63/MWh
Day average £30.63
Demand27.9GW
Generation 27.0Transfers 0.9
Fossil fuels39%
Renewables31%
Other30%
Carbon intensityModerate
190g/kWh
0Day average 190300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 29 July 2020, gas supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 21%. Demand peaked at 34.0 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 190 g/kWh and the price £30.63/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 10.3 GW at 00:35. Solar generation peaked at 7.2 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (119 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (262 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £20.14/MWh at 01:30 to £42.32/MWh at 21:00. 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 2.468.4%Wind 6.1121.0%Gas 11.2838.8%Hydro 0.491.7%Biomass 1.595.5%Nuclear 5.0817.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.9avgGeneration 27.0avgTransfers 0.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.0GW · 12:30
Low 19.8 · 04:40Avg 27.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 27.0Transfers 0.9 GW
Net imports20GWh
In
48 Out
28
Zero-carbon share52%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 2%Wind 23%Solar 9%

Transfers · Wed 29 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 29 July 2020, Great Britain imported 48 GWh and exported 28 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (20 GWh), and the most exports went to France (22 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 29 Jul
Imported
48GWh
Exported
28GWh
Net in
20GWh
Average net flow
0.84GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.67GWImporting

In 16.3 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.62GWExporting

In 7.5 GWhOut 22.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.04GWExporting

In 4.1 GWhOut 5.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.83GWImporting

In 19.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 2.5 GWhPumped 1.2 GWh

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