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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 28 April 2016

On Thursday 28 April, demand averaged 34.9 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

34.9GW AVERAGEWind3.07 GW9%Hydro0.20 GW1%Solar1.57 GW4%Gas18.05 GW51%Coal3.89 GW11%Imports2.39 GW7%Nuclear6.28 GW18%34.9GW AVERAGE9%51%11%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand34.9GW
Generation 33.1Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables14%
Other24%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 28 April 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 40.4 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 18:20. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 11:00. Gas made 55% 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 1.574.4%Wind 3.078.7%Gas 18.0550.9%Hydro 0.200.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.2817.7%Coal 3.8911.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.9avgGeneration 33.1avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.4GW · 17:25
Low 24.9 · 00:50Avg 34.90–60 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 33.1Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports47GWh
In
49 Out
2
Zero-carbon share34%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 9%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 28 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 28 April 2016, Great Britain imported 49 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 28 Apr
Imported
49GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
47GWh
Average net flow
1.97GW 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

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.7 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 8.0 GWhPumped 12.1 GWh

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