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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 24 September 2020

On Thursday 24 September, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind6.23 GW20%Hydro0.34 GW1%Biomass1.62 GW5%Solar1.37 GW4%Gas13.09 GW43%Coal0.25 GW1%Imports2.90 GW9%Nuclear4.88 GW16%30.5GW AVERAGE20%43%9%16%
Price
£44.20/MWh
Day average £44.20
Demand30.5GW
Generation 27.8Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables26%
Other31%
Carbon intensityModerate
199g/kWh
0Day average 199300
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Key moments

On Thursday 24 September 2020, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 20%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 12:15. Carbon intensity averaged 199 g/kWh and the price £44.20/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.0 GW at 11:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:30 (142 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (261 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £25.72/MWh at 03:30 to £73.08/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 47% 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 1.374.5%Wind 6.2320.3%Gas 13.0942.7%Hydro 0.341.1%Biomass 1.625.3%Nuclear 4.8815.9%Coal 0.250.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 27.8avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 12:15
Low 20.8 · 03:55Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.8Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
64 Out
0
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 22%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 24 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 24 September 2020, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (28 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 24 Sept
Imported
64GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.69GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.88GWImporting

In 21.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.17GWImporting

In 28.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWGenerating

Generated 5.1 GWhPumped 3.7 GWh

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