Whole-day record · Great Britain
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131 GWh12 Jul 202620182020202220242026
RecordBest of each monthRecord broken
- Times broken
- 28
- since March 2017
- Standing for
- 3 months
- since 12 Jul 2026
- Previous record
- 129 GWh
- 30 Apr 2026
- Best in 2026
- 131 GWh
- 12 Jul 2026 · the record
The record for most solar in a day is 131 GWh, over the whole day on Sunday 12 July 2026. It beat the record of 129 GWh, set on 30 April 2026, by 2 GWh.
Since March 2017, the record has been broken 28 times.
The best value in 2017 was 75 GWh. The record is 75% higher.
10 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. Rows in grey are from the first year of the data.
| Day | Record | Rise | Held for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2026 | 131 GWh | +2 GWh | Stands · 3 months |
| 30 April 2026 | 129 GWh | +1 GWh | 2 months |
| 29 April 2026 | 128 GWh | +1 GWh | 1 day |
| 24 April 2026 | 127 GWh | +1 GWh | 5 days |
| 23 April 2026 | 126 GWh | +5 GWh | 1 day |
| 22 April 2026 | 121 GWh | +3 GWh | 1 day |
| 8 July 2025 | 118 GWh | +3 GWh | 9 months |
| 19 June 2025 | 115 GWh | +4 GWh | 19 days |
| 9 May 2025 | 111 GWh | +3 GWh | 41 days |
| 30 April 2025 | 108 GWh | +2 GWh | 9 days |
| 29 April 2025 | 107 GWh | +4 GWh | 1 day |
| 6 April 2025 | 103 GWh | +4 GWh | 23 days |
| 2 April 2025 | 99 GWh | +0 GWh | 4 days |
| 1 April 2025 | 99 GWh | +1 GWh | 1 day |
| 2 June 2024 | 98 GWh | +5 GWh | 10 months |
| 14 June 2023 | 93 GWh | +3 GWh | 12 months |
| 4 June 2023 | 90 GWh | +0 GWh | 10 days |
| 3 June 2023 | 90 GWh | +0 GWh | 1 day |
| 27 May 2023 | 90 GWh | +3 GWh | 7 days |
| 24 May 2023 | 87 GWh | +1 GWh | 3 days |
| 20 May 2023 | 86 GWh | +3 GWh | 4 days |
| 10 July 2022 | 83 GWh | +1 GWh | 10 months |
| 20 June 2022 | 82 GWh | +1 GWh | 20 days |
| 1 June 2021 | 82 GWh | +0 GWh | 13 months |
| 22 June 2018 | 81 GWh | +3 GWh | 2 years and 11 months |
| 19 May 2018 | 78 GWh | +3 GWh | 34 days |
| 26 May 2017 | 75 GWh | +5 GWh | 12 months |
| 10 May 2017 | 70 GWh | +8 GWh | 16 days |
| 19 July 2016 | 62 GWh | +0 GWh | 10 months |
| 6 June 2016 | 62 GWh | +2 GWh | 43 days |
| 12 May 2016 | 59 GWh | +1 GWh | 25 days |
| 4 May 2016 | 59 GWh | +1 GWh | 8 days |
| 20 April 2016 | 58 GWh | +12 GWh | 14 days |
| 19 April 2016 | 46 GWh | +2 GWh | 1 day |
| 25 March 2016 | 44 GWh | +4 GWh | 25 days |
| 14 March 2016 | 41 GWh | +6 GWh | 11 days |
| 13 March 2016 | 35 GWh | +5 GWh | 1 day |
| 11 March 2016 | 30 GWh | +13 GWh | 2 days |
| 10 March 2016 | 16 GWh | — | 1 day |
The 11 grey rows are from the first year of the data, when each new day could set a record.