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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 30 October 2020

On Friday 30 October, demand averaged 32.6 GW. Renewables supplied 32%.

32.6GW AVERAGEWind9.91 GW29%Hydro0.72 GW2%Biomass1.77 GW5%Solar0.29 GW1%Gas11.33 GW33%Coal0.13 GW0%Imports3.43 GW10%Nuclear6.30 GW19%32.6GW AVERAGE29%33%10%19%
Price
£34.80/MWh
Day average £34.80
Demand32.6GW
Generation 30.5Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels33%
Renewables32%
Other34%
Carbon intensityModerate
153g/kWh
0Day average 153300
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Key moments

On Friday 30 October 2020, gas supplied 33% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 29%. Demand peaked at 40.3 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 153 g/kWh and the price £34.80/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.6 GW at 00:50. Solar generation peaked at 1.4 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:00 (75 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (234 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£9.82/MWh at 02:30 to £85.69/MWh at 17:30. The price was below zero for 4.5 hours. Gas made 37% 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 0.290.9%Wind 9.9129.3%Gas 11.3333.4%Hydro 0.722.1%Biomass 1.775.2%Nuclear 6.3018.6%Coal 0.130.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.6avgGeneration 30.5avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.3GW · 17:30
Low 22.9 · 04:10Avg 32.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 30.5Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports49GWh
In
70 Out
22
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 2%Wind 33%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 30 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 30 October 2020, Great Britain imported 70 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (38 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (15 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 30 Oct
Imported
70GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
49GWh
Average net flow
2.03GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.50GWImporting

In 14.8 GWhOut 2.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.60GWImporting

In 38.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.57GWExporting

In 1.8 GWhOut 15.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.50GWImporting

In 15.3 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWGenerating

Generated 12.0 GWhPumped 8.6 GWh

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