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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 5 August 2020

On Wednesday 5 August, demand averaged 28.6 GW. Renewables supplied 44%.

28.6GW AVERAGEWind10.75 GW37%Hydro0.46 GW2%Biomass2.01 GW7%Solar1.76 GW6%Gas8.14 GW28%Imports1.11 GW4%Nuclear5.02 GW17%28.6GW AVERAGE37%28%17%
Price
£26.46/MWh
Day average £26.46
Demand28.6GW
Generation 28.1Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables44%
Other28%
Carbon intensityLow
137g/kWh
0Day average 137300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 5 August 2020, wind supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 137 g/kWh and the price £26.46/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.4 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:30 (85 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (200 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £5.36/MWh at 02:30 to £37.92/MWh at 09:00. Wind made 38% 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 1.766.0%Wind 10.7536.7%Gas 8.1427.8%Hydro 0.461.6%Biomass 2.016.9%Nuclear 5.0217.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.6avgGeneration 28.1avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 12:10
Low 19.8 · 03:35Avg 28.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 28.1Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports10GWh
In
24 Out
14
Zero-carbon share64%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 2%Wind 38%Solar 6%

Transfers · Wed 5 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 5 August 2020, Great Britain imported 24 GWh and exported 14 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (10 GWh), and the most exports went to France (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 5 Aug
Imported
24GWh
Exported
14GWh
Net in
10GWh
Average net flow
0.43GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.28GWImporting

In 9.5 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 9.8 GWhOut 9.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 2.5 GWhPumped 2.6 GWh

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