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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 8 July 2016

On Friday 8 July, demand averaged 29.1 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

29.1GW AVERAGEWind4.24 GW14%Hydro0.31 GW1%Solar1.65 GW6%Gas12.31 GW42%Coal1.05 GW4%Imports2.27 GW8%Nuclear7.80 GW26%29.1GW AVERAGE14%42%8%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.1GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables21%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 8 July 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 35.5 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 6.1 GW at 11:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 13:00. Gas made 45% 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 1.655.6%Wind 4.2414.3%Gas 12.3141.5%Hydro 0.311.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8026.3%Coal 1.053.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.1avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.5GW · 12:30
Low 19.3 · 04:55Avg 29.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports46GWh
In
48 Out
2
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 15%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 8 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 8 July 2016, Great Britain imported 48 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (31 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 8 Jul
Imported
48GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
46GWh
Average net flow
1.92GW 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

Average1.30GWImporting

In 31.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.12GWImporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.49GWImporting

In 12.6 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 6.3 GWhPumped 9.7 GWh

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