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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 24 June 2016

On Friday 24 June, demand averaged 29.8 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

29.8GW AVERAGEWind1.41 GW5%Hydro0.10 GW0%Solar2.00 GW7%Gas13.11 GW43%Coal2.05 GW7%Imports3.19 GW11%Nuclear8.48 GW28%29.8GW AVERAGE43%11%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.8GW
Generation 27.2Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables12%
Other38%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 24 June 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 36.3 GW at 11:05. Wind generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 17:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 12:30. Gas made 48% 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 2.006.6%Wind 1.414.6%Gas 13.1143.2%Hydro 0.100.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.4827.9%Coal 2.056.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.8avgGeneration 27.2avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.3GW · 11:05
Low 20.1 · 04:50Avg 29.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.2Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports70GWh
In
71 Out
1
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 31%Hydro 0%Wind 5%Solar 7%

Transfers · Fri 24 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 24 June 2016, Great Britain imported 71 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 24 Jun
Imported
71GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
70GWh
Average net flow
2.90GW 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

Average1.94GWImporting

In 46.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 3.3 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.87GWImporting

In 20.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 5.9 GWhPumped 11.3 GWh

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