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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 21 June 2024

On Friday 21 June, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 39%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind7.62 GW27%Hydro0.21 GW1%Biomass2.27 GW8%Solar3.49 GW12%Gas5.10 GW18%Imports5.30 GW18%Nuclear4.73 GW16%27.4GW AVERAGE27%8%12%18%18%16%
Price
£84.90/MWh
Day average £84.90
Demand27.4GW
Generation 23.4Transfers 3.9
Fossil fuels18%
Renewables39%
Other43%
Carbon intensityLow
89g/kWh
0Day average 89300
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Key moments

On Friday 21 June 2024, wind supplied 27% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 18%. Demand peaked at 34.4 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 89 g/kWh and the price £84.90/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.5 GW at 16:15. Solar generation peaked at 10.2 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:30 (39 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (128 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £68.36/MWh at 04:30 to £104.32/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 33% 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 3.4912.2%Wind 7.6226.5%Gas 5.1017.8%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 2.277.9%Nuclear 4.7316.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 23.4avgTransfers 3.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.4GW · 12:10
Low 19.4 · 05:05Avg 27.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain86%of demand
Generation 23.4Transfers 3.9 GW
Net imports97GWh
In
123 Out
26
Zero-carbon share69%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 1%Wind 33%Solar 15%

Transfers · Fri 21 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 21 June 2024, Great Britain imported 123 GWh and exported 26 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (80 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 21 Jun
Imported
123GWh
Exported
26GWh
Net in
97GWh
Average net flow
4.04GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.13GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.35GWImporting

In 80.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.32GWExporting

In 2.9 GWhOut 10.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.51GWExporting

In 1.3 GWhOut 13.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 3.7 GWhPumped 6.5 GWh

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