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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 2 July 2016

On Saturday 2 July, demand averaged 25.4 GW. Renewables supplied 30%.

25.4GW AVERAGEWind5.46 GW21%Hydro0.16 GW1%Solar2.05 GW8%Gas7.88 GW31%Coal0.34 GW1%Imports2.67 GW10%Nuclear7.24 GW28%25.4GW AVERAGE21%8%31%10%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.4GW
Generation 23.1Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels31%
Renewables30%
Other38%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 2 July 2016, gas supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 30.2 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 6.9 GW at 15:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.5 GW at 14:00. Gas made 34% 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 2.058.0%Wind 5.4621.2%Gas 7.8830.5%Hydro 0.160.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.2428.1%Coal 0.341.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.4avgGeneration 23.1avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.2GW · 11:30
Low 17.7 · 04:40Avg 25.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 23.1Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports55GWh
In
57 Out
2
Zero-carbon share64%of generation
Nuclear 31%Hydro 1%Wind 24%Solar 9%

Transfers · Sat 2 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 2 July 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 2 Jul
Imported
57GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
55GWh
Average net flow
2.27GW 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 35.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.17GWImporting

In 4.7 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.64GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWPumping

Generated 7.5 GWhPumped 8.3 GWh

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