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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 1 November 2020

On Sunday 1 November, demand averaged 30.2 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

30.2GW AVERAGEWind14.85 GW47%Hydro0.74 GW2%Biomass1.46 GW5%Solar0.36 GW1%Gas5.69 GW18%Imports2.51 GW8%Nuclear5.81 GW19%30.2GW AVERAGE47%18%8%19%
Price
£21.23/MWh
Day average £21.23
Demand30.2GW
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels18%
Renewables51%
Other31%
Carbon intensityLow
94g/kWh
0Day average 94300
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Key moments

On Sunday 1 November 2020, wind supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 19%. Demand peaked at 40.5 GW at 17:00. Carbon intensity averaged 94 g/kWh and the price £21.23/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.2 GW at 17:35. Solar generation peaked at 2.0 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (67 g/kWh) and highest at 16:00 (137 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £21.23/MWh at 00:00 to £21.23/MWh at 00:00. Wind made 51% 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 0.361.1%Wind 14.8547.3%Gas 5.6918.1%Hydro 0.742.4%Biomass 1.464.6%Nuclear 5.8118.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.2avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.5GW · 17:00
Low 21.4 · 04:25Avg 30.20–60 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports38GWh
In
55 Out
17
Zero-carbon share75%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 3%Wind 51%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sun 1 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 1 November 2020, Great Britain imported 55 GWh and exported 17 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (28 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 1 Nov
Imported
55GWh
Exported
17GWh
Net in
38GWh
Average net flow
1.57GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.29GWImporting

In 11.1 GWhOut 4.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.03GWImporting

In 28.4 GWhOut 3.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 7.7 GWhOut 4.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.10GWImporting

In 7.5 GWhOut 5.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.26GWPumping

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 11.8 GWh

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