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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 26 April 2016

On Tuesday 26 April, demand averaged 33.5 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

33.5GW AVERAGEWind6.55 GW19%Hydro0.22 GW1%Solar1.73 GW5%Gas14.52 GW43%Coal2.39 GW7%Imports2.51 GW7%Nuclear6.11 GW18%33.5GW AVERAGE19%43%7%7%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.5GW
Generation 31.5Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables25%
Other25%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 26 April 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 19%. Demand peaked at 39.7 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 7.8 GW at 14:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 13:00. Gas made 46% 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 1.735.1%Wind 6.5519.2%Gas 14.5242.7%Hydro 0.220.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.1118.0%Coal 2.397.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.5avgGeneration 31.5avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.7GW · 17:25
Low 23.1 · 00:55Avg 33.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 31.5Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports50GWh
In
51 Out
2
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 21%Solar 5%

Transfers · Tue 26 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 26 April 2016, Great Britain imported 51 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 26 Apr
Imported
51GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
50GWh
Average net flow
2.07GW 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

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 9.0 GWhPumped 11.0 GWh

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