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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 31 July 2020

On Friday 31 July, demand averaged 28.7 GW. Renewables supplied 41%.

28.7GW AVERAGEWind9.36 GW31%Hydro0.33 GW1%Biomass2.27 GW7%Solar2.65 GW9%Gas9.07 GW30%Imports1.46 GW5%Nuclear5.30 GW17%28.7GW AVERAGE31%7%9%30%17%
Price
£30.81/MWh
Day average £30.81
Demand28.7GW
Generation 29.0Transfers −0.3
Fossil fuels30%
Renewables41%
Other30%
Carbon intensityModerate
150g/kWh
0Day average 150300
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Key moments

On Friday 31 July 2020, wind supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 30%. Demand peaked at 36.1 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 150 g/kWh and the price £30.81/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.6 GW at 13:10. Solar generation peaked at 8.5 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:00 (113 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (194 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £15.58/MWh at 03:30 to £50.17/MWh at 17:30. Wind made 32% 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 2.658.7%Wind 9.3630.8%Gas 9.0729.8%Hydro 0.331.1%Biomass 2.277.4%Nuclear 5.3017.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.7avgGeneration 29.0avgTransfers −0.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.1GW · 12:30
Low 20.2 · 04:00Avg 28.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 29.0Transfers −0.3 GW
Net exports1GWh
In
32 Out
33
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 32%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 31 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 31 July 2020, Great Britain imported 32 GWh and exported 33 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (27 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 31 Jul
Imported
32GWh
Exported
33GWh
Net out
1GWh
Average net flow
0.04GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.09GWImporting

In 7.6 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.06GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 27.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.26GWImporting

In 6.5 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.67GWImporting

In 16.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.24GWPumping

Generated 3.2 GWhPumped 9.0 GWh

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