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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 20 April 2016

On Wednesday 20 April, demand averaged 32.7 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

32.7GW AVERAGEWind1.66 GW5%Hydro0.23 GW1%Solar2.42 GW7%Gas17.28 GW52%Coal3.27 GW10%Imports2.48 GW7%Nuclear5.98 GW18%32.7GW AVERAGE7%52%10%7%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand32.7GW
Generation 30.8Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels52%
Renewables13%
Other25%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 20 April 2016, gas supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 38.5 GW at 09:30. Wind generation peaked at 2.5 GW at 20:10. Solar generation peaked at 7.4 GW at 13:00. Gas made 56% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.427.3%Wind 1.665.0%Gas 17.2851.9%Hydro 0.230.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 5.9817.9%Coal 3.279.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.7avgGeneration 30.8avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.5GW · 09:30
Low 23.9 · 00:50Avg 32.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 30.8Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports48GWh
In
53 Out
4
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 8%

Transfers · Wed 20 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 20 April 2016, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 20 Apr
Imported
53GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
48GWh
Average net flow
2.02GW 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

Average1.00GWImporting

In 23.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWImporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 4.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 24.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 6.8 GWhPumped 11.2 GWh

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