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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 4 December 2020

On Friday 4 December, demand averaged 37.9 GW. Renewables supplied 35%.

37.9GW AVERAGEWind13.05 GW34%Hydro0.47 GW1%Biomass2.84 GW7%Solar0.18 GW0%Gas12.26 GW32%Coal0.43 GW1%Imports3.06 GW8%Nuclear6.44 GW17%37.9GW AVERAGE34%7%32%8%17%
Price
£44.73/MWh
Day average £44.73
Demand37.9GW
Generation 35.7Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels32%
Renewables35%
Other32%
Carbon intensityModerate
163g/kWh
0Day average 163300
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Key moments

On Friday 4 December 2020, wind supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 32%. Demand peaked at 47.3 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 163 g/kWh and the price £44.73/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.9 GW at 17:05. Solar generation peaked at 1.1 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:00 (93 g/kWh) and highest at 14:30 (204 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £12.84/MWh at 23:00 to £70.81/MWh at 11:00. Wind made 37% 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 13.0533.7%Gas 12.2631.7%Hydro 0.471.2%Biomass 2.847.3%Nuclear 6.4416.6%Coal 0.431.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.9avgGeneration 35.7avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand47.3GW · 17:20
Low 26.3 · 04:25Avg 37.90–60 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 35.7Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports62GWh
In
70 Out
9
Zero-carbon share56%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 37%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 4 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 4 December 2020, Great Britain imported 70 GWh and exported 9 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (9 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 4 Dec
Imported
70GWh
Exported
9GWh
Net in
62GWh
Average net flow
2.57GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 15.1 GWhOut 8.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.52GWImporting

In 12.6 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.30GWPumping

Generated 3.0 GWhPumped 10.4 GWh

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