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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 10 June 2016

On Friday 10 June, demand averaged 30.2 GW. Renewables supplied 7%.

30.2GW AVERAGEWind0.51 GW2%Hydro0.17 GW1%Solar1.45 GW5%Gas15.75 GW51%Coal2.83 GW9%Imports3.47 GW11%Nuclear6.69 GW22%30.2GW AVERAGE51%9%11%22%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.2GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables7%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 10 June 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 36.9 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 0.9 GW at 21:50. Solar generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 13:00. Gas made 57% 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 1.454.7%Wind 0.511.7%Gas 15.7551.0%Hydro 0.170.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.6921.7%Coal 2.839.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.2avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.9GW · 12:00
Low 20.5 · 04:45Avg 30.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports71GWh
In
74 Out
3
Zero-carbon share32%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 2%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 10 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 10 June 2016, Great Britain imported 74 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 10 Jun
Imported
74GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
71GWh
Average net flow
2.96GW 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

Average1.96GWImporting

In 47.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWImporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.3 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 9.2 GWhPumped 11.9 GWh

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