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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 27 May 2016

On Friday 27 May, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind1.29 GW4%Hydro0.17 GW1%Solar2.00 GW6%Gas14.99 GW48%Coal1.92 GW6%Imports3.32 GW11%Nuclear7.54 GW24%30.5GW AVERAGE48%11%24%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.5GW
Generation 27.9Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables11%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 27 May 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 37.2 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 18:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 13:00. Gas made 54% 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 2.006.4%Wind 1.294.1%Gas 14.9948.0%Hydro 0.170.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.5424.1%Coal 1.926.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 27.9avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.2GW · 11:30
Low 21.1 · 04:55Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.9Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
74 Out
9
Zero-carbon share39%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 7%

Transfers · Fri 27 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 27 May 2016, Great Britain imported 74 GWh and exported 9 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (9 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 27 May
Imported
74GWh
Exported
9GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.70GW 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

Average1.98GWImporting

In 47.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.23GWExporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 8.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.95GWImporting

In 22.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 5.9 GWhPumped 8.2 GWh

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