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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 8 April 2016

On Friday 8 April, demand averaged 33.3 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

33.3GW AVERAGEWind1.65 GW5%Hydro0.55 GW2%Solar1.17 GW3%Gas17.36 GW51%Coal1.75 GW5%Imports3.37 GW10%Nuclear8.08 GW24%33.3GW AVERAGE51%10%24%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.3GW
Generation 30.6Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables10%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 8 April 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 39.6 GW at 10:00. Wind generation peaked at 3.4 GW at 23:15. Solar generation peaked at 3.6 GW at 13:00. Gas made 57% 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 1.173.5%Wind 1.654.9%Gas 17.3651.2%Hydro 0.551.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.0823.8%Coal 1.755.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.3avgGeneration 30.6avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.6GW · 10:00
Low 24.5 · 00:55Avg 33.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 30.6Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
73 Out
5
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 2%Wind 5%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 8 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 8 April 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 8 Apr
Imported
73GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.81GW 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

Average1.96GWImporting

In 47.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.12GWExporting

In 2.4 GWhOut 5.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 8.1 GWhPumped 10.9 GWh

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