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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 5 September 2020

On Saturday 5 September, demand averaged 26.7 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

26.7GW AVERAGEWind10.24 GW37%Hydro0.27 GW1%Biomass1.05 GW4%Solar1.92 GW7%Gas7.67 GW28%Imports2.24 GW8%Nuclear4.01 GW15%26.7GW AVERAGE37%7%28%8%15%
Price
£36.07/MWh
Day average £36.07
Demand26.7GW
Generation 25.2Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables45%
Other27%
Carbon intensityLow
139g/kWh
0Day average 139300
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Key moments

On Saturday 5 September 2020, wind supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 31.6 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity averaged 139 g/kWh and the price £36.07/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.9 GW at 00:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 08:30 (96 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (227 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £12.45/MWh at 06:00 to £56.04/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 41% 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 1.927.0%Wind 10.2437.4%Gas 7.6728.0%Hydro 0.271.0%Biomass 1.053.8%Nuclear 4.0114.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.7avgGeneration 25.2avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.6GW · 10:30
Low 20.1 · 03:30Avg 26.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 25.2Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports40GWh
In
50 Out
10
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 41%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sat 5 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 5 September 2020, Great Britain imported 50 GWh and exported 10 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 5 Sept
Imported
50GWh
Exported
10GWh
Net in
40GWh
Average net flow
1.67GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.42GWImporting

In 13.5 GWhOut 3.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.63GWImporting

In 21.5 GWhOut 6.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.36GWImporting

In 8.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.25GWImporting

In 6.2 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 4.0 GWhPumped 6.9 GWh

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