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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 12 April 2016

On Tuesday 12 April, demand averaged 33.7 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

33.7GW AVERAGEWind2.99 GW9%Hydro0.38 GW1%Solar1.30 GW4%Gas16.44 GW48%Coal2.23 GW6%Imports3.45 GW10%Nuclear7.63 GW22%33.7GW AVERAGE9%48%10%22%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.7GW
Generation 31.0Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables14%
Other32%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 12 April 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 39.5 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 13:30. Gas made 53% 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 1.303.8%Wind 2.998.7%Gas 16.4447.8%Hydro 0.381.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6322.2%Coal 2.236.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.7avgGeneration 31.0avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.5GW · 11:30
Low 23.8 · 00:55Avg 33.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 31.0Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
74 Out
7
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 1%Wind 10%Solar 4%

Transfers · Tue 12 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 12 April 2016, Great Britain imported 74 GWh and exported 7 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (7 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 12 Apr
Imported
74GWh
Exported
7GWh
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

Average1.97GWImporting

In 47.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWExporting

In 3.7 GWhOut 6.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.98GWImporting

In 23.4 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 8.4 GWhPumped 11.3 GWh

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