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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 17 June 2016

On Friday 17 June, demand averaged 24.0 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

24.0GW AVERAGEWind1.56 GW6%Hydro0.14 GW1%Solar1.28 GW5%Gas11.51 GW46%Coal1.26 GW5%Imports2.78 GW11%Nuclear6.64 GW26%24.0GW AVERAGE46%11%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand24.0GW
Generation 22.4Transfers 1.6
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables12%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 17 June 2016, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 26.4 GW at 13:30. Wind generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 17:30. Solar generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 13:30. Gas made 51% 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 1.285.1%Wind 1.566.2%Gas 11.5145.7%Hydro 0.140.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.6426.4%Coal 1.265.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 24.0avgGeneration 22.4avgTransfers 1.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand26.4GW · 13:30
Low 22.4 · 00:50Avg 24.00–30 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 22.4Transfers 1.6 GW
Net imports67GWh
In
67 Out
0
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 17 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 17 June 2016, Great Britain imported 67 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 17 Jun
Imported
67GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
67GWh
Average net flow
2.78GW 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

Average1.50GWImporting

In 35.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.28GWImporting

In 6.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 24.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average1.17GWPumping

Generated 0.0 GWhPumped 28.1 GWh

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