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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 29 October 2020

On Thursday 29 October, demand averaged 34.4 GW. Renewables supplied 41%.

34.4GW AVERAGEWind13.57 GW39%Hydro0.66 GW2%Biomass1.85 GW5%Solar0.18 GW1%Gas8.34 GW24%Imports3.91 GW11%Nuclear6.30 GW18%34.4GW AVERAGE39%24%11%18%
Price
£37.56/MWh
Day average £37.56
Demand34.4GW
Generation 30.9Transfers 3.5
Fossil fuels24%
Renewables41%
Other35%
Carbon intensityLow
127g/kWh
0Day average 127300
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Key moments

On Thursday 29 October 2020, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 24%. Demand peaked at 43.8 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 127 g/kWh and the price £37.56/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.3 GW at 17:30. Solar generation peaked at 0.8 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:30 (63 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (178 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£12.09/MWh at 23:00 to £58.13/MWh at 17:00. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Wind made 44% 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 0.180.5%Wind 13.5739.0%Gas 8.3424.0%Hydro 0.661.9%Biomass 1.855.3%Nuclear 6.3018.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.4avgGeneration 30.9avgTransfers 3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.8GW · 17:25
Low 23.7 · 04:00Avg 34.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 30.9Transfers 3.5 GW
Net imports85GWh
In
86 Out
1
Zero-carbon share67%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 2%Wind 44%Solar 1%

Transfers · Thu 29 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 29 October 2020, Great Britain imported 86 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 29 Oct
Imported
86GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
85GWh
Average net flow
3.56GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.72GWImporting

In 17.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.71GWImporting

In 41.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.50GWImporting

In 12.3 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.62GWImporting

In 15.4 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 7.7 GWhPumped 8.0 GWh

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