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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 2 December 2020

On Wednesday 2 December, demand averaged 36.8 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

36.8GW AVERAGEWind7.23 GW19%Hydro0.62 GW2%Biomass2.98 GW8%Solar0.22 GW1%Gas17.44 GW45%Coal1.51 GW4%Imports1.98 GW5%Nuclear6.36 GW17%36.8GW AVERAGE19%8%45%17%
Price
£64.61/MWh
Day average £64.61
Demand36.8GW
Generation 36.4Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables21%
Other30%
Carbon intensityHigh
239g/kWh
0Day average 239300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 2 December 2020, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 19%. Demand peaked at 45.6 GW at 17:00. Carbon intensity averaged 239 g/kWh and the price £64.61/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.6 GW at 20:45. Solar generation peaked at 1.3 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (141 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (292 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £21.42/MWh at 23:00 to £123.74/MWh at 16:30. Gas made 48% 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 0.220.6%Wind 7.2318.9%Gas 17.4445.5%Hydro 0.621.6%Biomass 2.987.8%Nuclear 6.3616.6%Coal 1.513.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.8avgGeneration 36.4avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.6GW · 17:00
Low 25.2 · 00:30Avg 36.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 36.4Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports12GWh
In
40 Out
28
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 20%Solar 1%

Transfers · Wed 2 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 2 December 2020, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 28 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (18 GWh), and the most exports went to Belgium (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 2 Dec
Imported
40GWh
Exported
28GWh
Net in
12GWh
Average net flow
0.49GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.20GWExporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 10.6 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.03GWImporting

In 9.0 GWhOut 8.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.77GWImporting

In 18.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.10GWExporting

In 6.4 GWhOut 8.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 7.9 GWhPumped 9.3 GWh

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