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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 22 August 2020

On Saturday 22 August, demand averaged 25.8 GW. Renewables supplied 57%.

25.8GW AVERAGEWind13.04 GW49%Hydro0.27 GW1%Biomass1.32 GW5%Solar1.95 GW7%Gas5.81 GW22%Imports1.59 GW6%Nuclear2.70 GW10%25.8GW AVERAGE49%7%22%10%
Price
£32.73/MWh
Day average £32.73
Demand25.8GW
Generation 25.1Transfers 0.7
Fossil fuels22%
Renewables57%
Other21%
Carbon intensityLow
114g/kWh
0Day average 114300
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Key moments

On Saturday 22 August 2020, wind supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 22%. Demand peaked at 31.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 114 g/kWh and the price £32.73/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.4 GW at 10:45. Solar generation peaked at 6.5 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (80 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (170 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £16.61/MWh at 01:30 to £50.05/MWh at 21:00. Wind made 52% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 27% across 2020.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.957.3%Wind 13.0448.9%Gas 5.8121.8%Hydro 0.271.0%Biomass 1.324.9%Nuclear 2.7010.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.8avgGeneration 25.1avgTransfers 0.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.3GW · 12:00
Low 19.4 · 04:30Avg 25.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 25.1Transfers 0.7 GW
Net imports20GWh
In
35 Out
14
Zero-carbon share72%of generation
Nuclear 11%Hydro 1%Wind 52%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sat 22 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 22 August 2020, Great Britain imported 35 GWh and exported 14 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (11 GWh), and the most exports went to France (9 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 22 Aug
Imported
35GWh
Exported
14GWh
Net in
20GWh
Average net flow
0.85GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.35GWImporting

In 11.1 GWhOut 2.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.01GWExporting

In 9.0 GWhOut 9.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.31GWImporting

In 9.3 GWhOut 1.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 3.7 GWhPumped 7.9 GWh

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