Half-hour record · Great Britain
Record share of electricity from solar
The record
48.1%
on Sunday 24 May 2026
Beat 47.1% from 25 April 2026 by 1.1 percentage points.
- Times broken
- 22
- since March 2017
- Standing for
- 5 months
- since 24 May 2026
- Previous record
- 47.1%
- 25 Apr 2026
- Best in 2026
- 48.1%
- 24 May 2026 · the record
The record for solar share is 48.1%, in the half hour from 12:00–12:30 BST on Sunday 24 May 2026. It beat the record of 47.1%, set on 25 April 2026, by 1.1 percentage points.
Since March 2017, the record has been broken 22 times.
The best value in 2017 was 26.4%. The record is 21.7 percentage points higher.
9 of the ten best days were in the past twelve months.
Most of the best days are from April to August, when the days are long.
History
Every time the record was broken
Newest first. Choose a day to see its charts at the moment of the record. Rows in grey are from the first year of the data.
| Day | Half hour | Record | Rise | Held for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2026 | 12:00–12:30 BST | 48.1% | +1.1 points | Stands · 5 months |
| 25 April 2026 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 47.1% | +1.9 points | 29 days |
| 24 April 2026 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 45.1% | +1.0 point | 1 day |
| 23 April 2026 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 44.1% | +0.1 points | 1 day |
| 12 July 2025 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 44.0% | +0.6 points | 9 months |
| 10 May 2025 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 43.4% | +1.8 points | 2 months |
| 6 April 2025 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 41.6% | +2.0 points | 34 days |
| 5 April 2025 | 14:00–14:30 BST | 39.6% | +1.8 points | 1 day |
| 4 June 2023 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 37.8% | +0.9 points | 22 months |
| 3 June 2023 | 12:30–13:00 BST | 37.0% | +1.2 points | 1 day |
| 27 May 2023 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 35.8% | +2.4 points | 7 days |
| 20 May 2023 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 33.3% | +0.8 points | 7 days |
| 30 May 2020 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 32.6% | +1.9 points | 3 years |
| 6 May 2020 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 30.7% | +0.1 points | 24 days |
| 25 April 2020 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 30.5% | +1.5 points | 11 days |
| 19 April 2020 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 29.0% | +0.0 points | 6 days |
| 24 June 2018 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 29.0% | +0.3 points | 22 months |
| 19 May 2018 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 28.6% | +0.2 points | 36 days |
| 6 May 2018 | 13:00–13:30 BST | 28.5% | +1.3 points | 13 days |
| 5 May 2018 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 27.2% | +0.8 points | 1 day |
| 2 July 2017 | 14:00–14:30 BST | 26.4% | +0.9 points | 10 months |
| 8 April 2017 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 25.5% | +0.9 points | 3 months |
| 5 June 2016 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 24.6% | +2.1 points | 10 months |
| 8 May 2016 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 22.5% | +2.7 points | 28 days |
| 4 May 2016 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 19.8% | +0.2 points | 4 days |
| 20 April 2016 | 13:30–14:00 BST | 19.6% | +1.1 points | 14 days |
| 25 March 2016 | 12:00–12:30 GMT | 18.5% | +2.2 points | 26 days |
| 13 March 2016 | 12:30–13:00 GMT | 16.3% | +4.9 points | 12 days |
| 11 March 2016 | 12:30–13:00 GMT | 11.4% | +5.9 points | 2 days |
| 10 March 2016 | 12:30–13:00 GMT | 5.5% | — | 1 day |
The 8 grey rows are from the first year of the data, when each new day could set a record.