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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 21 August 2020

On Friday 21 August, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 58%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind15.09 GW52%Hydro0.22 GW1%Biomass1.21 GW4%Solar1.48 GW5%Gas5.54 GW19%Imports2.28 GW8%Nuclear3.24 GW11%28.5GW AVERAGE52%19%8%11%
Price
£38.29/MWh
Day average £38.29
Demand28.5GW
Generation 26.8Transfers 1.7
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables58%
Other23%
Carbon intensityLow
106g/kWh
0Day average 106300
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Key moments

On Friday 21 August 2020, wind supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 34.8 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 106 g/kWh and the price £38.29/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.6 GW at 12:05. Solar generation peaked at 4.7 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 09:30 (87 g/kWh) and highest at 20:00 (134 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £23.95/MWh at 05:00 to £47.17/MWh at 00:00. Wind made 56% 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 1.485.1%Wind 15.0951.9%Gas 5.5419.1%Hydro 0.220.8%Biomass 1.214.1%Nuclear 3.2411.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 26.8avgTransfers 1.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.8GW · 12:05
Low 20.4 · 02:55Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 26.8Transfers 1.7 GW
Net imports44GWh
In
51 Out
7
Zero-carbon share75%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 1%Wind 56%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 21 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 21 August 2020, Great Britain imported 51 GWh and exported 7 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (7 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 21 Aug
Imported
51GWh
Exported
7GWh
Net in
44GWh
Average net flow
1.84GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.47GWImporting

In 11.5 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.40GWImporting

In 16.4 GWhOut 6.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.48GWImporting

In 11.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.49GWImporting

In 11.9 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 3.3 GWhPumped 7.2 GWh

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