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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 23 May 2024

On Thursday 23 May, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 47%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind12.35 GW40%Hydro0.23 GW1%Biomass1.40 GW5%Solar1.82 GW6%Gas5.00 GW16%Imports5.18 GW17%Nuclear4.56 GW15%28.5GW AVERAGE40%16%17%15%
Price
£75.59/MWh
Day average £75.59
Demand28.5GW
Generation 25.4Transfers 3.2
Fossil fuels16%
Renewables47%
Other36%
Carbon intensityLow
78g/kWh
0Day average 78300
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Key moments

On Thursday 23 May 2024, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 16%. Demand peaked at 34.1 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity averaged 78 g/kWh and the price £75.59/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.3 GW at 03:25. Solar generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 07:30 (41 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (148 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £16.36/MWh at 03:00 to £109.03/MWh at 19:30. Wind made 49% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 35% across 2024.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.826.0%Wind 12.3540.4%Gas 5.0016.4%Hydro 0.230.8%Biomass 1.404.6%Nuclear 4.5614.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 25.4avgTransfers 3.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.1GW · 13:00
Low 20.5 · 04:45Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 25.4Transfers 3.2 GW
Net imports79GWh
In
117 Out
38
Zero-carbon share75%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 49%Solar 7%

Transfers · Thu 23 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 23 May 2024, Great Britain imported 117 GWh and exported 38 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (66 GWh), and the most exports went to Denmark (16 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 23 May
Imported
117GWh
Exported
38GWh
Net in
79GWh
Average net flow
3.31GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.31GWImporting

In 12.6 GWhOut 5.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.42GWExporting

In 5.5 GWhOut 15.6 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.76GWImporting

In 66.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 1.2 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.46GWExporting

In 3.2 GWhOut 14.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.18GWImporting

In 28.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 7.3 GWhPumped 11.1 GWh

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