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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 18 April 2016

On Monday 18 April, demand averaged 33.0 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

33.0GW AVERAGEWind5.80 GW17%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar1.05 GW3%Gas15.30 GW46%Coal2.61 GW8%Imports2.62 GW8%Nuclear6.02 GW18%33.0GW AVERAGE17%46%8%8%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.0GW
Generation 31.0Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables21%
Other26%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 18 April 2016, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 39.5 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 7.8 GW at 12:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.9 GW at 14:00. Gas made 49% 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 1.053.1%Wind 5.8017.2%Gas 15.3045.5%Hydro 0.210.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.0217.9%Coal 2.617.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.0avgGeneration 31.0avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.5GW · 17:25
Low 22.0 · 00:50Avg 33.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 31.0Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports51GWh
In
57 Out
5
Zero-carbon share42%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 3%

Transfers · Mon 18 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 18 April 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (30 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 18 Apr
Imported
57GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
51GWh
Average net flow
2.15GW 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

Average1.24GWImporting

In 29.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWExporting

In 3.8 GWhOut 5.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 6.3 GWhPumped 9.5 GWh

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