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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 30 September 2024

On Monday 30 September, demand averaged 30.6 GW. Renewables supplied 46%.

30.6GW AVERAGEWind14.00 GW43%Hydro0.15 GW0%Biomass1.98 GW6%Solar0.55 GW2%Gas6.32 GW20%Coal0.19 GW1%Imports4.64 GW14%Nuclear4.38 GW14%30.6GW AVERAGE43%20%14%14%
Price
£61.54/MWh
Day average £61.54
Demand30.6GW
Generation 27.6Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables46%
Other34%
Carbon intensityLow
95g/kWh
0Day average 95300
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Key moments

On Monday 30 September 2024, wind supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 20%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 95 g/kWh and the price £61.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.7 GW at 00:15. Solar generation peaked at 2.4 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:30 (51 g/kWh) and highest at 17:30 (134 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£4.80/MWh at 02:00 to £91.86/MWh at 19:00. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Wind made 51% 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 0.551.7%Wind 14.0043.5%Gas 6.3219.6%Hydro 0.150.5%Biomass 1.986.1%Nuclear 4.3813.6%Coal 0.190.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.6avgGeneration 27.6avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 17:25
Low 21.4 · 03:45Avg 30.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.6Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports78GWh
In
107 Out
29
Zero-carbon share69%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 51%Solar 2%

Transfers · Mon 30 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 30 September 2024, Great Britain imported 107 GWh and exported 29 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (27 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 30 Sept
Imported
107GWh
Exported
29GWh
Net in
78GWh
Average net flow
3.27GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.88GWImporting

In 21.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.81GWImporting

In 23.4 GWhOut 3.9 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.79GWImporting

In 19.0 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.87GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.56GWImporting

In 16.8 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.10GWImporting

In 27.0 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 3.9 GWhPumped 9.5 GWh

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