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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 4 September 2020

On Friday 4 September, demand averaged 29.3 GW. Renewables supplied 44%.

29.3GW AVERAGEWind11.63 GW39%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass0.98 GW3%Solar1.32 GW4%Gas9.47 GW32%Imports2.10 GW7%Nuclear4.12 GW14%29.3GW AVERAGE39%32%7%14%
Price
£38.94/MWh
Day average £38.94
Demand29.3GW
Generation 27.7Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels32%
Renewables44%
Other24%
Carbon intensityModerate
155g/kWh
0Day average 155300
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Key moments

On Friday 4 September 2020, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 32%. Demand peaked at 35.7 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 155 g/kWh and the price £38.94/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.1 GW at 13:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.7 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (110 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (193 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £19.58/MWh at 01:00 to £50.13/MWh at 09:00. Wind made 42% 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 1.324.4%Wind 11.6339.0%Gas 9.4731.7%Hydro 0.200.7%Biomass 0.983.3%Nuclear 4.1213.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.3avgGeneration 27.7avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.7GW · 12:10
Low 20.6 · 04:10Avg 29.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 27.7Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports40GWh
In
48 Out
8
Zero-carbon share62%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 42%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 4 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 4 September 2020, Great Britain imported 48 GWh and exported 8 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (15 GWh), and the most exports went to France (8 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 4 Sept
Imported
48GWh
Exported
8GWh
Net in
40GWh
Average net flow
1.67GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.35GWImporting

In 8.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 11.5 GWhOut 8.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.57GWImporting

In 13.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.60GWImporting

In 14.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 2.4 GWhPumped 5.6 GWh

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