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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 4 June 2016

On Saturday 4 June, demand averaged 26.6 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

26.6GW AVERAGEWind1.53 GW6%Hydro0.16 GW1%Solar1.29 GW5%Gas11.54 GW43%Coal1.68 GW6%Imports3.08 GW11%Nuclear7.74 GW29%26.6GW AVERAGE43%11%29%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.6GW
Generation 23.9Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables11%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 4 June 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 29%. Demand peaked at 31.6 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 22:20. Solar generation peaked at 3.9 GW at 14:00. Gas made 48% 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 1.294.8%Wind 1.535.7%Gas 11.5442.7%Hydro 0.160.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.7428.6%Coal 1.686.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.6avgGeneration 23.9avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.6GW · 11:30
Low 19.2 · 04:55Avg 26.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 23.9Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
66 Out
1
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 32%Hydro 1%Wind 6%Solar 5%

Transfers · Sat 4 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 4 June 2016, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 4 Jun
Imported
66GWh
Exported
1GWh
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

Average1.81GWImporting

In 43.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.19GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.70GWImporting

In 16.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 7.8 GWhPumped 8.3 GWh

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