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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 23 June 2016

On Thursday 23 June, demand averaged 31.0 GW. Renewables supplied 7%.

31.0GW AVERAGEWind0.93 GW3%Hydro0.14 GW0%Solar1.28 GW4%Gas14.34 GW46%Coal3.22 GW10%Imports3.09 GW10%Nuclear8.50 GW27%31.0GW AVERAGE46%10%10%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand31.0GW
Generation 28.4Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables7%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 23 June 2016, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 37.4 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 1.7 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.8 GW at 12:00. Gas made 50% 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 1.284.1%Wind 0.933.0%Gas 14.3445.5%Hydro 0.140.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.5027.0%Coal 3.2210.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.0avgGeneration 28.4avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.4GW · 12:05
Low 21.0 · 04:25Avg 31.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.4Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports62GWh
In
64 Out
2
Zero-carbon share38%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 3%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 23 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 23 June 2016, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (38 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 23 Jun
Imported
64GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
62GWh
Average net flow
2.58GW 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

Average1.59GWImporting

In 38.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWImporting

In 3.1 GWhOut 1.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWGenerating

Generated 10.6 GWhPumped 9.7 GWh

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