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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 14 August 2020

On Friday 14 August, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind2.85 GW10%Hydro0.19 GW1%Biomass1.66 GW6%Solar0.96 GW3%Gas16.24 GW55%Imports2.55 GW9%Nuclear4.94 GW17%28.5GW AVERAGE10%55%9%17%
Price
£36.40/MWh
Day average £36.40
Demand28.5GW
Generation 26.8Transfers 1.7
Fossil fuels55%
Renewables14%
Other31%
Carbon intensityHigh
255g/kWh
0Day average 255300
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Key moments

On Friday 14 August 2020, gas supplied 55% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 17%. Demand peaked at 34.2 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 255 g/kWh and the price £36.40/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 04:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (232 g/kWh) and highest at 08:30 (269 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £26.27/MWh at 05:30 to £46.97/MWh at 11:00. Gas made 61% 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 0.963.3%Wind 2.859.7%Gas 16.2455.3%Hydro 0.190.6%Biomass 1.665.7%Nuclear 4.9416.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 26.8avgTransfers 1.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.2GW · 12:30
Low 20.6 · 04:00Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 26.8Transfers 1.7 GW
Net imports41GWh
In
58 Out
17
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 14 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 14 August 2020, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 17 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (34 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 14 Aug
Imported
58GWh
Exported
17GWh
Net in
41GWh
Average net flow
1.69GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.26GWImporting

In 9.7 GWhOut 3.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.32GWImporting

In 34.0 GWhOut 2.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.46GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 11.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.58GWImporting

In 14.2 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWPumping

Generated 3.2 GWhPumped 4.1 GWh

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