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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 5 June 2016

On Sunday 5 June, demand averaged 25.6 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

25.6GW AVERAGEWind1.58 GW6%Hydro0.19 GW1%Solar2.45 GW9%Gas9.83 GW38%Coal1.42 GW5%Imports2.94 GW11%Nuclear7.65 GW29%25.6GW AVERAGE9%38%11%29%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.6GW
Generation 23.1Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels38%
Renewables16%
Other41%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 5 June 2016, gas supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 29%. Demand peaked at 30.8 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 2.2 GW at 06:45. Solar generation peaked at 7.3 GW at 13:00. Gas made 43% 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 2.459.4%Wind 1.586.1%Gas 9.8337.7%Hydro 0.190.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6529.3%Coal 1.425.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.6avgGeneration 23.1avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.8GW · 12:00
Low 18.2 · 05:20Avg 25.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 23.1Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
64 Out
1
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 33%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 11%

Transfers · Sun 5 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 5 June 2016, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 5 Jun
Imported
64GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.65GW 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

Average1.70GWImporting

In 40.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.30GWImporting

In 7.5 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.65GWImporting

In 16.0 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 9.2 GWh

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