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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 3 April 2016

On Sunday 3 April, demand averaged 29.0 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

29.0GW AVERAGEWind1.92 GW6%Hydro0.58 GW2%Solar1.19 GW4%Gas13.04 GW44%Coal1.58 GW5%Imports3.52 GW12%Nuclear7.71 GW26%29.0GW AVERAGE44%12%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.0GW
Generation 26.0Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables12%
Other38%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 3 April 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 35.4 GW at 20:05. Wind generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 20:50. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 12:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.194.0%Wind 1.926.5%Gas 13.0444.2%Hydro 0.582.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.7126.1%Coal 1.585.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.0avgGeneration 26.0avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.4GW · 20:05
Low 22.2 · 04:50Avg 29.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 26.0Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports77GWh
In
78 Out
1
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 2%Wind 7%Solar 5%

Transfers · Sun 3 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 3 April 2016, Great Britain imported 78 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 3 Apr
Imported
78GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
77GWh
Average net flow
3.19GW 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

Average1.99GWImporting

In 47.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 23.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 6.8 GWhPumped 11.8 GWh

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