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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 27 August 2024

On Tuesday 27 August, demand averaged 27.6 GW. Renewables supplied 48%.

27.6GW AVERAGEWind12.00 GW39%Hydro0.52 GW2%Biomass2.27 GW7%Solar1.97 GW6%Gas6.07 GW20%Imports2.55 GW8%Nuclear5.09 GW17%27.6GW AVERAGE39%7%20%8%17%
Price
£55.85/MWh
Day average £55.85
Demand27.6GW
Generation 27.9Transfers −0.3
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables48%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
93g/kWh
0Day average 93300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 27 August 2024, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 20%. Demand peaked at 34.4 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 93 g/kWh and the price £55.85/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.1 GW at 12:25. Solar generation peaked at 6.1 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:00 (51 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (152 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£7.20/MWh at 13:30 to £121.10/MWh at 19:30. The price was below zero for 2.5 hours. Wind made 43% 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 1.976.5%Wind 12.0039.4%Gas 6.0719.9%Hydro 0.521.7%Biomass 2.277.5%Nuclear 5.0916.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.6avgGeneration 27.9avgTransfers −0.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.4GW · 12:00
Low 19.7 · 04:25Avg 27.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 27.9Transfers −0.3 GW
Net exports5GWh
In
58 Out
63
Zero-carbon share70%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 2%Wind 43%Solar 7%

Transfers · Tue 27 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 27 August 2024, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 63 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (31 GWh), and the most exports went to Denmark (17 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 27 Aug
Imported
58GWh
Exported
63GWh
Net out
5GWh
Average net flow
0.19GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.28GWExporting

In 4.6 GWhOut 11.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.56GWExporting

In 3.2 GWhOut 16.7 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.36GWImporting

In 15.2 GWhOut 6.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.40GWExporting

In 2.8 GWhOut 12.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.60GWExporting

In 1.6 GWhOut 15.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.29GWImporting

In 30.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 2.9 GWhPumped 6.2 GWh

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