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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 1 April 2016

On Friday 1 April, demand averaged 33.1 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

33.1GW AVERAGEWind5.37 GW16%Hydro0.45 GW1%Solar1.12 GW3%Gas13.84 GW41%Coal1.90 GW6%Imports3.29 GW10%Nuclear7.75 GW23%33.1GW AVERAGE16%41%10%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.1GW
Generation 30.4Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables21%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 1 April 2016, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 39.4 GW at 10:00. Wind generation peaked at 7.2 GW at 17:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.6 GW at 12:00. Gas made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.123.3%Wind 5.3715.9%Gas 13.8441.0%Hydro 0.451.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.7523.0%Coal 1.905.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.1avgGeneration 30.4avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.4GW · 10:00
Low 24.7 · 04:40Avg 33.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 30.4Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
74 Out
1
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 1%Wind 18%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 1 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 1 April 2016, Great Britain imported 74 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 1 Apr
Imported
74GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.05GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.91GWImporting

In 45.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.18GWImporting

In 5.1 GWhOut 0.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.39GWPumping

Generated 4.8 GWhPumped 14.3 GWh

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