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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 27 June 2016

On Monday 27 June, demand averaged 29.7 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

29.7GW AVERAGEWind4.16 GW14%Hydro0.12 GW0%Solar2.02 GW7%Gas13.19 GW44%Coal1.53 GW5%Imports2.34 GW8%Nuclear6.82 GW23%29.7GW AVERAGE14%44%8%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.7GW
Generation 27.8Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables21%
Other30%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 27 June 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 36.5 GW at 16:55. Wind generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 02:55. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 14:00. Gas made 47% 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 2.026.7%Wind 4.1613.8%Gas 13.1943.7%Hydro 0.120.4%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.8222.6%Coal 1.535.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.7avgGeneration 27.8avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.5GW · 16:55
Low 18.7 · 03:45Avg 29.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 27.8Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports47GWh
In
50 Out
3
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 0%Wind 15%Solar 7%

Transfers · Mon 27 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 27 June 2016, Great Britain imported 50 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (31 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 27 Jun
Imported
50GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
47GWh
Average net flow
1.97GW 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

Average1.29GWImporting

In 31.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 1.4 GWhOut 2.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.73GWImporting

In 17.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 9.9 GWh

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