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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 4 May 2016

On Wednesday 4 May, demand averaged 31.9 GW. Renewables supplied 23%.

31.9GW AVERAGEWind4.54 GW14%Hydro0.40 GW1%Solar2.44 GW8%Gas13.32 GW41%Coal1.64 GW5%Imports3.19 GW10%Nuclear6.78 GW21%31.9GW AVERAGE14%8%41%10%21%
Price
—/MWh
Demand31.9GW
Generation 29.1Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables23%
Other31%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 4 May 2016, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 37.2 GW at 09:30. Wind generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 18:55. Solar generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 12:30. Gas made 46% 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 2.447.6%Wind 4.5414.0%Gas 13.3241.2%Hydro 0.401.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.7821.0%Coal 1.645.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.9avgGeneration 29.1avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.2GW · 09:30
Low 23.5 · 00:55Avg 31.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 29.1Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
70 Out
2
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 1%Wind 16%Solar 8%

Transfers · Wed 4 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 4 May 2016, Great Britain imported 70 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 4 May
Imported
70GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.83GW 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

Average1.80GWImporting

In 43.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWImporting

In 3.7 GWhOut 2.1 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 6.5 GWhPumped 8.5 GWh

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