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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 29 April 2016

On Friday 29 April, demand averaged 33.5 GW. Renewables supplied 23%.

33.5GW AVERAGEWind5.88 GW17%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar1.75 GW5%Gas14.65 GW43%Coal2.74 GW8%Imports2.42 GW7%Nuclear6.28 GW18%33.5GW AVERAGE17%43%8%7%18%
Price
—/MWh
Demand33.5GW
Generation 31.5Transfers 1.9
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables23%
Other26%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 29 April 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 39.7 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 8.2 GW at 12:10. 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 1.755.2%Wind 5.8817.3%Gas 14.6543.2%Hydro 0.210.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.2818.5%Coal 2.748.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.5avgGeneration 31.5avgTransfers 1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.7GW · 11:30
Low 24.3 · 00:55Avg 33.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 31.5Transfers 1.9 GW
Net imports49GWh
In
49 Out
1
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 20%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 29 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 29 April 2016, Great Britain imported 49 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 29 Apr
Imported
49GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
49GWh
Average net flow
2.03GW 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

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.19GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 8.8 GWhPumped 11.0 GWh

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