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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 23 April 2016

On Saturday 23 April, demand averaged 28.9 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

28.9GW AVERAGEWind3.06 GW10%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar1.66 GW6%Gas13.94 GW47%Coal2.23 GW8%Imports2.46 GW8%Nuclear5.79 GW20%28.9GW AVERAGE10%47%8%8%20%
Price
—/MWh
Demand28.9GW
Generation 26.9Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables17%
Other28%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 23 April 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 33.2 GW at 10:30. Wind generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 17:25. Solar generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 11:30. Gas made 52% 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 1.665.7%Wind 3.0610.4%Gas 13.9447.5%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 5.7919.7%Coal 2.237.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.9avgGeneration 26.9avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.2GW · 10:30
Low 22.6 · 05:45Avg 28.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 26.9Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports52GWh
In
53 Out
1
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sat 23 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 23 April 2016, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 23 Apr
Imported
53GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
52GWh
Average net flow
2.18GW 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

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.19GWImporting

In 5.5 GWhOut 0.8 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

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 5.7 GWhPumped 9.8 GWh

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