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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 15 April 2016

On Friday 15 April, demand averaged 33.6 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

33.6GW AVERAGEWind2.00 GW6%Hydro0.34 GW1%Solar0.59 GW2%Gas18.12 GW53%Coal2.88 GW8%Imports3.55 GW10%Nuclear6.68 GW20%33.6GW AVERAGE53%8%10%20%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.6GW
Generation 30.6Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels53%
Renewables9%
Other30%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 15 April 2016, gas supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 39.4 GW at 09:30. Wind generation peaked at 3.8 GW at 17:05. Solar generation peaked at 1.8 GW at 11:00. Gas made 59% 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 0.591.7%Wind 2.005.9%Gas 18.1253.0%Hydro 0.341.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.6819.5%Coal 2.888.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.6avgGeneration 30.6avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.4GW · 09:30
Low 23.8 · 04:25Avg 33.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 30.6Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
75 Out
2
Zero-carbon share31%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 15 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 15 April 2016, Great Britain imported 75 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 15 Apr
Imported
75GWh
Exported
2GWh
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

Average2.00GWImporting

In 47.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWImporting

In 3.2 GWhOut 1.8 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

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 10.2 GWhPumped 12.2 GWh

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