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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 14 September 2020

On Monday 14 September, demand averaged 29.5 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

29.5GW AVERAGEWind3.28 GW11%Hydro0.65 GW2%Biomass1.70 GW6%Solar2.31 GW8%Gas15.42 GW50%Coal0.62 GW2%Imports2.01 GW7%Nuclear4.69 GW15%29.5GW AVERAGE11%8%50%15%
Price
£60.25/MWh
Day average £60.25
Demand29.5GW
Generation 28.7Transfers 0.8
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables20%
Other27%
Carbon intensityHigh
240g/kWh
0Day average 240300
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Key moments

On Monday 14 September 2020, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 15%. Demand peaked at 35.8 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 240 g/kWh and the price £60.25/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.3 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 7.8 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:30 (144 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (315 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £23.68/MWh at 04:30 to £154.14/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 54% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 38% across 2020.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.317.5%Wind 3.2810.7%Gas 15.4250.3%Hydro 0.652.1%Biomass 1.705.5%Nuclear 4.6915.3%Coal 0.622.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.5avgGeneration 28.7avgTransfers 0.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.8GW · 12:05
Low 20.1 · 04:00Avg 29.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 28.7Transfers 0.8 GW
Net imports15GWh
In
39 Out
24
Zero-carbon share38%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 11%Solar 8%

Transfers · Mon 14 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 14 September 2020, Great Britain imported 39 GWh and exported 24 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (12 GWh), and the most exports went to France (19 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 14 Sept
Imported
39GWh
Exported
24GWh
Net in
15GWh
Average net flow
0.64GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.23GWImporting

In 7.8 GWhOut 2.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.46GWExporting

In 7.9 GWhOut 19.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.43GWImporting

In 11.3 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.45GWImporting

In 12.4 GWhOut 1.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.20GWGenerating

Generated 9.0 GWhPumped 4.3 GWh

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