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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 9 June 2016

On Thursday 9 June, demand averaged 30.6 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

30.6GW AVERAGEWind0.56 GW2%Hydro0.16 GW1%Solar2.21 GW7%Gas15.48 GW50%Coal2.18 GW7%Imports3.28 GW11%Nuclear7.28 GW23%30.6GW AVERAGE7%50%7%11%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.6GW
Generation 27.9Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables9%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 9 June 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 0.8 GW at 00:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.8 GW at 13:00. Gas made 56% 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 2.217.1%Wind 0.561.8%Gas 15.4849.7%Hydro 0.160.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.2823.4%Coal 2.187.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.6avgGeneration 27.9avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 11:30
Low 20.5 · 04:40Avg 30.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.9Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports67GWh
In
71 Out
4
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 1%Wind 2%Solar 8%

Transfers · Thu 9 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 9 June 2016, Great Britain imported 71 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 9 Jun
Imported
71GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
67GWh
Average net flow
2.80GW 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

Average1.84GWImporting

In 44.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWExporting

In 3.3 GWhOut 3.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 7.9 GWhPumped 10.5 GWh

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