{"id":2234,"date":"2024-09-09T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T08:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2024-09-09T08:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T08:49:59","slug":"power-system-records-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/?p=2234","title":{"rendered":"Power system records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Britain\u2019s solar panels surpassed 10 GW of output for the first time.<\/strong> On 2 June, output hit 10.7 GW, boosted by June being <a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/binaries\/content\/assets\/metofficegovuk\/pdf\/weather\/learn-about\/uk-past-events\/summaries\/mwr_2024_06_for_print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">relatively cool but with higher than average sunshine hours<\/a>. The combined output of fossil fuels fell to a record low of 0.89 GW on 5 April, the first time they have produced less than 1 GW in a century. Fossil fuels produced less than one-fifth of electricity during April. Putting these together, the carbon intensity of electricity fell to a record low of 103 g\/kWh averaged over the second quarter, going under 90 g\/kWh in April. The share of all low carbon reached a new peak of 97%, with generation of 39 GW, up from the previous record of 35 GW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tables below look over the past fifteen years, back to 2009, and report the record output and share of electricity generation, plus sustained averages over a day, a month and a calendar year. Cells highlighted in blue are records that were broken in the second quarter of 2024. Each number links to the date it occurred on the <a href=\"https:\/\/electricinsights.co.uk\/#\/homepage?&amp;_k=0dquo6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electric Insights<\/a> website, so these records can be explored visually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB-397x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB-397x1024.png 397w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB-116x300.png 116w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB-768x1981.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB-595x1536.png 595w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB-794x2048.png 794w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24Q2_7.1-WEB.png 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[4] Note that Britain has no inter-seasonal electricity storage, so we only report on half-hourly and daily records. Elexon and National Grid only report the output of large pumped hydro storage plants.<\/em> <em>The operation of battery, flywheel and other storage sites is not publicly available.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s solar panels surpassed 10 GW of output for the first time. On 2 June, output hit 10.7 GW, boosted by June being relatively cool but with higher than average sunshine hours. 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