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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 1 July 2016

On Friday 1 July, demand averaged 29.1 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

29.1GW AVERAGEWind4.41 GW15%Hydro0.17 GW1%Solar1.59 GW5%Gas12.56 GW42%Coal1.19 GW4%Imports2.88 GW10%Nuclear6.78 GW23%29.1GW AVERAGE15%42%10%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.1GW
Generation 26.7Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables21%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 1 July 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 35.3 GW at 11:00. Wind generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 15:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.4 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 1.595.4%Wind 4.4114.9%Gas 12.5642.5%Hydro 0.170.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.7822.9%Coal 1.194.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.1avgGeneration 26.7avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.3GW · 11:00
Low 20.5 · 04:50Avg 29.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 26.7Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
62 Out
2
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 1%Wind 17%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 1 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 1 July 2016, Great Britain imported 62 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 1 Jul
Imported
62GWh
Exported
2GWh
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

Average1.46GWImporting

In 35.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWImporting

In 3.1 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.8 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 7.2 GWhPumped 9.3 GWh

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