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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 22 April 2016

On Friday 22 April, demand averaged 32.4 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

32.4GW AVERAGEWind2.44 GW7%Hydro0.29 GW1%Solar0.83 GW3%Gas18.05 GW55%Coal2.83 GW9%Imports2.68 GW8%Nuclear5.79 GW18%32.4GW AVERAGE7%55%9%8%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand32.4GW
Generation 30.2Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels55%
Renewables11%
Other26%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 22 April 2016, gas supplied 55% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 38.6 GW at 10:30. Wind generation peaked at 4.0 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 13:00. Gas made 60% 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 0.832.5%Wind 2.447.4%Gas 18.0554.8%Hydro 0.290.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 5.7917.6%Coal 2.838.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.4avgGeneration 30.2avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.6GW · 10:30
Low 22.6 · 04:25Avg 32.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 30.2Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports50GWh
In
53 Out
3
Zero-carbon share31%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 22 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 22 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

Fri 22 Apr
Imported
53GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
50GWh
Average net flow
2.10GW 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

Average0.10GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 2.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 24.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWGenerating

Generated 11.1 GWhPumped 9.5 GWh

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