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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 25 August 2020

On Tuesday 25 August, demand averaged 29.9 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

29.9GW AVERAGEWind14.25 GW47%Hydro0.21 GW1%Biomass1.06 GW3%Solar1.07 GW4%Gas8.96 GW29%Imports1.53 GW5%Nuclear3.53 GW12%29.9GW AVERAGE47%29%12%
Price
£30.38/MWh
Day average £30.38
Demand29.9GW
Generation 29.1Transfers 0.8
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables51%
Other20%
Carbon intensityLow
146g/kWh
0Day average 146300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 25 August 2020, wind supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 29%. Demand peaked at 36.2 GW at 12:35. Carbon intensity averaged 146 g/kWh and the price £30.38/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.0 GW at 10:50. Solar generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (101 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (224 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £6.65/MWh at 23:30 to £41.52/MWh at 18:00. Wind made 49% 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 1.073.5%Wind 14.2546.6%Gas 8.9629.3%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 1.063.4%Nuclear 3.5311.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.9avgGeneration 29.1avgTransfers 0.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.2GW · 12:35
Low 20.4 · 03:55Avg 29.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 29.1Transfers 0.8 GW
Net imports18GWh
In
33 Out
15
Zero-carbon share66%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 1%Wind 49%Solar 4%

Transfers · Tue 25 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 25 August 2020, Great Britain imported 33 GWh and exported 15 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (7 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 25 Aug
Imported
33GWh
Exported
15GWh
Net in
18GWh
Average net flow
0.75GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.14GWImporting

In 7.7 GWhOut 4.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 6.6 GWhOut 6.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.54GWImporting

In 12.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.07GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 4.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWGenerating

Generated 3.3 GWhPumped 2.2 GWh

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