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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 20 May 2016

On Friday 20 May, demand averaged 29.6 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

29.6GW AVERAGEWind4.28 GW14%Hydro0.22 GW1%Solar1.69 GW6%Gas12.47 GW42%Coal0.94 GW3%Imports3.44 GW11%Nuclear6.95 GW23%29.6GW AVERAGE14%42%11%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.6GW
Generation 26.6Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables21%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 20 May 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 36.1 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 00:05. Solar generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 13:00. Gas made 47% 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 1.695.6%Wind 4.2814.3%Gas 12.4741.6%Hydro 0.220.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.9523.2%Coal 0.943.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.6avgGeneration 26.6avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.1GW · 12:00
Low 20.4 · 04:55Avg 29.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 26.6Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports76GWh
In
76 Out
0
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 1%Wind 16%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 20 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 20 May 2016, Great Britain imported 76 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 20 May
Imported
76GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
76GWh
Average net flow
3.17GW 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

Average1.94GWImporting

In 46.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.28GWImporting

In 7.0 GWhOut 0.2 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

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 6.1 GWhPumped 9.5 GWh

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