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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 8 June 2016

On Wednesday 8 June, demand averaged 30.8 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

30.8GW AVERAGEWind0.65 GW2%Hydro0.14 GW0%Solar1.94 GW6%Gas15.44 GW49%Coal2.40 GW8%Imports3.41 GW11%Nuclear7.41 GW24%30.8GW AVERAGE49%8%11%24%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.8GW
Generation 28.0Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables9%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 8 June 2016, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 37.0 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 1.3 GW at 19:40. Solar generation peaked at 5.7 GW at 13:00. Gas made 55% 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 1.946.2%Wind 0.652.1%Gas 15.4449.2%Hydro 0.140.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.4123.6%Coal 2.407.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.8avgGeneration 28.0avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.0GW · 12:05
Low 20.6 · 04:35Avg 30.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 28.0Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports70GWh
In
74 Out
4
Zero-carbon share36%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 1%Wind 2%Solar 7%

Transfers · Wed 8 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 8 June 2016, Great Britain imported 74 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 8 Jun
Imported
74GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
70GWh
Average net flow
2.91GW 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

Average1.97GWImporting

In 47.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.03GWExporting

In 3.0 GWhOut 3.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.98GWImporting

In 23.5 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 8.2 GWhPumped 10.6 GWh

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