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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 30 June 2016

On Thursday 30 June, demand averaged 30.4 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

30.4GW AVERAGEWind3.16 GW10%Hydro0.19 GW1%Solar1.52 GW5%Gas14.55 GW47%Coal1.89 GW6%Imports2.80 GW9%Nuclear6.65 GW22%30.4GW AVERAGE10%47%9%22%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.4GW
Generation 28.0Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables16%
Other31%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 30 June 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 36.5 GW at 12:10. Wind generation peaked at 4.7 GW at 23:15. Solar generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 12:00. Gas made 52% 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 1.524.9%Wind 3.1610.3%Gas 14.5547.3%Hydro 0.190.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.6521.6%Coal 1.896.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.4avgGeneration 28.0avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.5GW · 12:10
Low 20.1 · 04:40Avg 30.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.0Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
61 Out
1
Zero-carbon share41%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 30 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 30 June 2016, Great Britain imported 61 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (34 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 30 Jun
Imported
61GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
60GWh
Average net flow
2.50GW 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

Average1.44GWImporting

In 34.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 3.2 GWhOut 0.7 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 6.4 GWhPumped 8.6 GWh

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