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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 5 July 2016

On Tuesday 5 July, demand averaged 29.9 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

29.9GW AVERAGEWind3.32 GW11%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar1.95 GW6%Gas13.20 GW43%Coal1.58 GW5%Imports2.43 GW8%Nuclear7.82 GW26%29.9GW AVERAGE11%43%8%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.9GW
Generation 28.1Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables18%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 5 July 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 03:50. Solar generation peaked at 5.5 GW at 14:30. 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 1.956.4%Wind 3.3210.9%Gas 13.2043.3%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8225.6%Coal 1.585.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.9avgGeneration 28.1avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 12:05
Low 19.3 · 04:50Avg 29.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 28.1Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports48GWh
In
52 Out
4
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 7%

Transfers · Tue 5 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 5 July 2016, Great Britain imported 52 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (31 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 5 Jul
Imported
52GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
48GWh
Average net flow
2.01GW 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

Average1.31GWImporting

In 31.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWExporting

In 2.7 GWhOut 4.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.76GWImporting

In 18.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.20GWPumping

Generated 5.8 GWhPumped 10.6 GWh

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