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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 19 May 2016

On Thursday 19 May, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 15%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind3.12 GW10%Hydro0.19 GW1%Solar1.44 GW5%Gas14.49 GW47%Coal1.46 GW5%Imports3.43 GW11%Nuclear6.71 GW22%30.5GW AVERAGE10%47%11%22%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.5GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 3.1
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables15%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 19 May 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 36.6 GW at 16:55. Wind generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 17:45. Solar generation peaked at 4.4 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 1.444.7%Wind 3.1210.1%Gas 14.4947.0%Hydro 0.190.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.7121.7%Coal 1.464.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 3.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.6GW · 16:55
Low 20.6 · 04:55Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 3.1 GW
Net imports76GWh
In
76 Out
0
Zero-carbon share42%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 19 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 19 May 2016, Great Britain imported 76 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 19 May
Imported
76GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
76GWh
Average net flow
3.15GW 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

Average1.96GWImporting

In 47.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.95GWImporting

In 22.9 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 6.6 GWhPumped 8.8 GWh

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