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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 28 June 2024

On Friday 28 June, demand averaged 26.9 GW. Renewables supplied 54%.

26.9GW AVERAGEWind13.17 GW44%Hydro0.16 GW1%Biomass1.14 GW4%Solar2.66 GW9%Gas4.31 GW14%Coal0.04 GW0%Imports3.01 GW10%Nuclear5.23 GW18%26.9GW AVERAGE44%9%14%10%18%
Price
£34.94/MWh
Day average £34.94
Demand26.9GW
Generation 26.7Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels14%
Renewables54%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
73g/kWh
0Day average 73300
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Key moments

On Friday 28 June 2024, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 33.5 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 73 g/kWh and the price £34.94/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.8 GW at 05:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.7 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:30 (49 g/kWh) and highest at 22:00 (127 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£6.21/MWh at 00:30 to £103.06/MWh at 21:00. The price was below zero for 5 hours. 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 2.668.9%Wind 13.1744.3%Gas 4.3114.5%Hydro 0.160.5%Biomass 1.143.8%Nuclear 5.2317.6%Coal 0.040.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.9avgGeneration 26.7avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.5GW · 12:05
Low 19.7 · 04:40Avg 26.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 26.7Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports14GWh
In
69 Out
55
Zero-carbon share79%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 1%Wind 49%Solar 10%

Transfers · Fri 28 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 28 June 2024, Great Britain imported 69 GWh and exported 55 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (26 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (20 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 28 Jun
Imported
69GWh
Exported
55GWh
Net in
14GWh
Average net flow
0.59GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.07GWImporting

In 9.1 GWhOut 7.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.08GWImporting

In 11.3 GWhOut 9.4 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.88GWImporting

In 26.4 GWhOut 5.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.85GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.15GWExporting

In 7.0 GWhOut 10.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.56GWImporting

In 15.2 GWhOut 1.7 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.40GWPumping

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 13.0 GWh

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