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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 May 2016

On Friday 6 May, demand averaged 30.6 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

30.6GW AVERAGEWind1.05 GW3%Hydro0.37 GW1%Solar1.96 GW6%Gas16.06 GW51%Coal1.90 GW6%Imports3.32 GW11%Nuclear6.57 GW21%30.6GW AVERAGE51%11%21%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.6GW
Generation 27.9Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables11%
Other32%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 6 May 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 36.6 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.0 GW at 12:30. Gas made 58% 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 1.966.3%Wind 1.053.4%Gas 16.0651.4%Hydro 0.371.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.5721.0%Coal 1.906.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.6avgGeneration 27.9avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.6GW · 11:30
Low 22.0 · 04:25Avg 30.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.9Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
71 Out
6
Zero-carbon share36%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 4%Solar 7%

Transfers · Fri 6 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 May 2016, Great Britain imported 71 GWh and exported 6 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 May
Imported
71GWh
Exported
6GWh
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

Average1.86GWImporting

In 44.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWExporting

In 3.3 GWhOut 6.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWPumping

Generated 8.8 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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