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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 1 July 2024

On Monday 1 July, demand averaged 27.5 GW. Renewables supplied 33%.

27.5GW AVERAGEWind7.26 GW26%Hydro0.24 GW1%Biomass2.28 GW8%Solar1.88 GW7%Gas5.29 GW19%Coal0.02 GW0%Imports6.58 GW23%Nuclear4.92 GW17%27.5GW AVERAGE26%8%19%23%17%
Price
£83.12/MWh
Day average £83.12
Demand27.5GW
Generation 21.9Transfers 5.6
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables33%
Other48%
Carbon intensityLow
91g/kWh
0Day average 91300
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Key moments

On Monday 1 July 2024, wind supplied 26% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 33.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 91 g/kWh and the price £83.12/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.4 GW at 16:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (57 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (118 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £63.45/MWh at 23:30 to £103.57/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 1.886.6%Wind 7.2625.5%Gas 5.2918.6%Hydro 0.240.8%Biomass 2.288.0%Nuclear 4.9217.3%Coal 0.020.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.5avgGeneration 21.9avgTransfers 5.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.3GW · 11:30
Low 19.2 · 04:40Avg 27.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain80%of demand
Generation 21.9Transfers 5.6 GW
Net imports135GWh
In
156 Out
20
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 1%Wind 33%Solar 9%

Transfers · Mon 1 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 1 July 2024, Great Britain imported 156 GWh and exported 20 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (95 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (15 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 1 Jul
Imported
156GWh
Exported
20GWh
Net in
135GWh
Average net flow
5.64GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.53GWImporting

In 13.1 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.33GWImporting

In 13.1 GWhOut 5.3 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.96GWImporting

In 95.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.61GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 14.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.04GWImporting

In 1.1 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 2.0 GWhPumped 3.4 GWh

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