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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 2 May 2016

On Monday 2 May, demand averaged 28.0 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

28.0GW AVERAGEWind6.82 GW24%Hydro0.33 GW1%Solar1.16 GW4%Gas8.73 GW31%Coal1.62 GW6%Imports3.03 GW11%Nuclear6.89 GW24%28.0GW AVERAGE24%31%11%24%
Price
—/MWh
Demand28.0GW
Generation 25.6Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels31%
Renewables29%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 2 May 2016, gas supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 33.9 GW at 17:55. Wind generation peaked at 7.7 GW at 13:00. Solar generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 14:00. Gas made 34% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.164.1%Wind 6.8223.8%Gas 8.7330.5%Hydro 0.331.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.8924.1%Coal 1.625.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.0avgGeneration 25.6avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.9GW · 17:55
Low 20.4 · 05:25Avg 28.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 25.6Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
66 Out
1
Zero-carbon share59%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 27%Solar 5%

Transfers · Mon 2 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 2 May 2016, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 2 May
Imported
66GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.71GW 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

Average1.66GWImporting

In 40.0 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 5.9 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.26GWPumping

Generated 6.7 GWhPumped 13.1 GWh

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