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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 29 June 2016

On Wednesday 29 June, demand averaged 30.4 GW. Renewables supplied 15%.

30.4GW AVERAGEWind3.53 GW11%Hydro0.15 GW0%Solar0.88 GW3%Gas15.14 GW49%Coal1.64 GW5%Imports2.85 GW9%Nuclear6.67 GW22%30.4GW AVERAGE11%49%9%22%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.4GW
Generation 28.0Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables15%
Other31%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 29 June 2016, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 37.1 GW at 16:55. Wind generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 14:40. Solar generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 09:00. Gas made 54% 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 0.882.9%Wind 3.5311.4%Gas 15.1449.1%Hydro 0.150.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.6721.6%Coal 1.645.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.4avgGeneration 28.0avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.1GW · 16:55
Low 20.0 · 04:40Avg 30.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.0Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
62 Out
1
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 13%Solar 3%

Transfers · Wed 29 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 29 June 2016, Great Britain imported 62 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 29 Jun
Imported
62GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
60GWh
Average net flow
2.52GW 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

Average1.47GWImporting

In 35.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 6.5 GWhPumped 8.7 GWh

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