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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 10 July 2016

On Sunday 10 July, demand averaged 25.2 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

25.2GW AVERAGEWind4.75 GW18%Hydro0.28 GW1%Solar1.49 GW6%Gas8.25 GW32%Coal0.62 GW2%Imports2.18 GW8%Nuclear8.30 GW32%25.2GW AVERAGE18%32%8%32%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.2GW
Generation 23.7Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels32%
Renewables25%
Other41%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 10 July 2016, nuclear supplied 32% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 32%. Demand peaked at 30.9 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 5.8 GW at 18:15. Solar generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 14:30. Nuclear made 35% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 24% across 2016.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.495.8%Wind 4.7518.3%Gas 8.2531.9%Hydro 0.281.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3032.1%Coal 0.622.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.2avgGeneration 23.7avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.9GW · 12:30
Low 17.6 · 04:55Avg 25.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 23.7Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports43GWh
In
47 Out
4
Zero-carbon share63%of generation
Nuclear 35%Hydro 1%Wind 20%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sun 10 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 10 July 2016, Great Britain imported 47 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (28 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 10 Jul
Imported
47GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
43GWh
Average net flow
1.77GW 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

Average1.16GWImporting

In 28.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.25GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.36GWImporting

In 13.1 GWhOut 4.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 11.0 GWh

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