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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 26 February 2021

On Friday 26 February, demand averaged 33.8 GW. Renewables supplied 22%.

33.8GW AVERAGEWind4.88 GW14%Hydro0.68 GW2%Biomass2.45 GW7%Solar1.85 GW5%Gas14.68 GW43%Imports5.11 GW15%Nuclear4.31 GW13%33.8GW AVERAGE14%7%43%15%13%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.8GW
Generation 28.9Transfers 5.0
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables22%
Other35%
Carbon intensityModerate
205g/kWh
0Day average 205300
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Key moments

On Friday 26 February 2021, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 14%. Demand peaked at 41.0 GW at 18:30. Carbon intensity averaged 205 g/kWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 7.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (175 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (242 g/kWh). Gas made 51% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2021.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.855.5%Wind 4.8814.4%Gas 14.6843.2%Hydro 0.682.0%Biomass 2.457.2%Nuclear 4.3112.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.8avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers 5.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.0GW · 18:30
Low 25.5 · 04:25Avg 33.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain85%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers 5.0 GW
Net imports119GWh
In
120 Out
1
Zero-carbon share41%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 17%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 26 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 26 February 2021, Great Britain imported 120 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (69 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 26 Feb
Imported
120GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
119GWh
Average net flow
4.94GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.88GWImporting

In 69.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 2.9 GWhPumped 1.9 GWh

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