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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 10 May 2016

On Tuesday 10 May, demand averaged 30.9 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

30.9GW AVERAGEWind4.20 GW13%Hydro0.27 GW1%Solar0.86 GW3%Gas15.67 GW50%Coal1.80 GW6%Imports2.02 GW6%Nuclear6.77 GW21%30.9GW AVERAGE13%50%21%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.9GW
Generation 29.6Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables17%
Other28%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 10 May 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 37.7 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 13:00. Solar generation peaked at 2.5 GW at 12:00. Gas made 53% 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 0.862.7%Wind 4.2013.3%Gas 15.6749.6%Hydro 0.270.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.7721.4%Coal 1.805.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.9avgGeneration 29.6avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.7GW · 12:00
Low 20.7 · 03:55Avg 30.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 29.6Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports35GWh
In
40 Out
5
Zero-carbon share41%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 1%Wind 14%Solar 3%

Transfers · Tue 10 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 10 May 2016, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 10 May
Imported
40GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
35GWh
Average net flow
1.45GW 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

Average1.45GWImporting

In 34.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 4.6 GWhOut 4.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 9.0 GWhPumped 11.6 GWh

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