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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 27 April 2016

On Wednesday 27 April, demand averaged 34.4 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

34.4GW AVERAGEWind2.66 GW8%Hydro0.19 GW1%Solar1.73 GW5%Gas17.65 GW50%Coal4.14 GW12%Imports2.45 GW7%Nuclear6.24 GW18%34.4GW AVERAGE8%50%12%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand34.4GW
Generation 32.6Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables13%
Other25%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 27 April 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 40.5 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 01:25. Solar generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 12:00. Gas made 54% 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 1.734.9%Wind 2.667.6%Gas 17.6550.3%Hydro 0.190.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.2417.8%Coal 4.1411.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.4avgGeneration 32.6avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.5GW · 17:25
Low 24.4 · 00:55Avg 34.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 32.6Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports47GWh
In
51 Out
4
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 5%

Transfers · Wed 27 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 27 April 2016, Great Britain imported 51 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 27 Apr
Imported
51GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
47GWh
Average net flow
1.94GW 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 23.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 2.6 GWhOut 4.0 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

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 8.4 GWhPumped 11.9 GWh

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