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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 25 June 2021

On Friday 25 June, demand averaged 29.2 GW. Renewables supplied 28%.

29.2GW AVERAGEWind6.45 GW22%Hydro0.13 GW0%Biomass2.27 GW8%Solar1.61 GW5%Gas9.25 GW31%Coal0.80 GW3%Imports4.47 GW15%Nuclear4.48 GW15%29.2GW AVERAGE22%8%31%15%15%
Price
£78.98/MWh
Day average £78.98
Demand29.2GW
Generation 25.0Transfers 4.2
Fossil fuels31%
Renewables28%
Other38%
Carbon intensityModerate
177g/kWh
0Day average 177300
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Key moments

On Friday 25 June 2021, gas supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 22%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 177 g/kWh and the price £78.98/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.6 GW at 15:40. Solar generation peaked at 4.8 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:30 (146 g/kWh) and highest at 22:00 (217 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £53.29/MWh at 07:00 to £100.73/MWh at 23:30. Gas made 37% 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 1.615.5%Wind 6.4521.9%Gas 9.2531.4%Hydro 0.130.5%Biomass 2.277.7%Nuclear 4.4815.2%Coal 0.802.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.2avgGeneration 25.0avgTransfers 4.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 12:30
Low 20.8 · 04:35Avg 29.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain86%of demand
Generation 25.0Transfers 4.2 GW
Net imports104GWh
In
105 Out
1
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 26%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 25 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 25 June 2021, Great Britain imported 105 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (63 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 25 Jun
Imported
105GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
104GWh
Average net flow
4.34GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.75GWImporting

In 18.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.62GWImporting

In 63.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.71GWImporting

In 17.2 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.01GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 2.5 GWhPumped 6.7 GWh

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