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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 22 May 2016

On Sunday 22 May, demand averaged 26.0 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

26.0GW AVERAGEWind1.06 GW4%Hydro0.35 GW1%Solar1.83 GW7%Gas11.98 GW45%Coal0.44 GW2%Imports3.37 GW13%Nuclear7.34 GW28%26.0GW AVERAGE45%13%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.0GW
Generation 23.0Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables12%
Other41%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 22 May 2016, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 31.4 GW at 12:20. Wind generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 00:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 11:30. Gas made 52% 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 1.836.9%Wind 1.064.0%Gas 11.9845.4%Hydro 0.351.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.3427.8%Coal 0.441.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.0avgGeneration 23.0avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.4GW · 12:20
Low 18.0 · 05:20Avg 26.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain88%of demand
Generation 23.0Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
73 Out
1
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 32%Hydro 2%Wind 5%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sun 22 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 22 May 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 22 May
Imported
73GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.03GW 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

Average1.85GWImporting

In 44.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.29GWImporting

In 7.7 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 7.5 GWhPumped 7.9 GWh

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