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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 2 April 2016

On Saturday 2 April, demand averaged 29.7 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

29.7GW AVERAGEWind2.43 GW8%Hydro0.57 GW2%Solar1.38 GW5%Gas12.83 GW42%Coal2.00 GW7%Imports3.42 GW11%Nuclear7.62 GW25%29.7GW AVERAGE8%42%11%25%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.7GW
Generation 26.8Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables14%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 2 April 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 34.8 GW at 20:00. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 13:00. Gas made 48% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.384.6%Wind 2.438.0%Gas 12.8342.4%Hydro 0.571.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6225.2%Coal 2.006.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.7avgGeneration 26.8avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.8GW · 20:00
Low 22.7 · 04:45Avg 29.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 26.8Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports71GWh
In
73 Out
2
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 2%Wind 9%Solar 5%

Transfers · Sat 2 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 2 April 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 2 Apr
Imported
73GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
71GWh
Average net flow
2.97GW 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

Average1.88GWImporting

In 45.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.10GWImporting

In 4.4 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 8.7 GWhPumped 10.2 GWh

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