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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 21 April 2016

On Thursday 21 April, demand averaged 32.5 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

32.5GW AVERAGEWind2.59 GW8%Hydro0.22 GW1%Solar1.68 GW5%Gas17.64 GW53%Coal2.64 GW8%Imports2.51 GW8%Nuclear5.80 GW18%32.5GW AVERAGE8%53%8%8%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand32.5GW
Generation 30.6Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels53%
Renewables14%
Other25%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 21 April 2016, gas supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 38.7 GW at 11:00. Wind generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 22:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 12:30. Gas made 58% 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 1.685.1%Wind 2.597.8%Gas 17.6453.3%Hydro 0.220.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 5.8017.5%Coal 2.648.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.5avgGeneration 30.6avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.7GW · 11:00
Low 23.3 · 00:55Avg 32.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 30.6Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports50GWh
In
53 Out
3
Zero-carbon share34%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 21 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 21 April 2016, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 21 Apr
Imported
53GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
50GWh
Average net flow
2.08GW 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

Average0.08GWImporting

In 5.0 GWhOut 3.1 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

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 7.2 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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