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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 26 September 2020

On Saturday 26 September, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 49%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind12.96 GW44%Hydro0.23 GW1%Biomass1.19 GW4%Solar1.45 GW5%Gas5.97 GW20%Imports2.18 GW7%Nuclear5.65 GW19%28.5GW AVERAGE44%20%7%19%
Price
£36.75/MWh
Day average £36.75
Demand28.5GW
Generation 27.5Transfers 1.0
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables49%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
106g/kWh
0Day average 106300
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Key moments

On Saturday 26 September 2020, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 20%. Demand peaked at 34.1 GW at 19:20. Carbon intensity averaged 106 g/kWh and the price £36.75/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.9 GW at 12:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 10:30 (70 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (151 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £17.46/MWh at 07:00 to £55.55/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 47% 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 1.454.9%Wind 12.9643.7%Gas 5.9720.1%Hydro 0.230.8%Biomass 1.194.0%Nuclear 5.6519.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 27.5avgTransfers 1.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.1GW · 19:20
Low 21.0 · 03:50Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 27.5Transfers 1.0 GW
Net imports25GWh
In
50 Out
25
Zero-carbon share74%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 1%Wind 47%Solar 5%

Transfers · Sat 26 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 26 September 2020, Great Britain imported 50 GWh and exported 25 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (27 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (19 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 26 Sept
Imported
50GWh
Exported
25GWh
Net in
25GWh
Average net flow
1.05GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.45GWImporting

In 12.3 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.99GWImporting

In 26.9 GWhOut 3.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.80GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 19.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.42GWImporting

In 10.6 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 2.6 GWhPumped 2.9 GWh

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