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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 12 July 2016

On Tuesday 12 July, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind1.96 GW6%Hydro0.39 GW1%Solar1.35 GW4%Gas14.60 GW47%Coal1.31 GW4%Imports2.74 GW9%Nuclear8.47 GW27%30.5GW AVERAGE47%9%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.5GW
Generation 28.1Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables12%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 12 July 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 17:05. Wind generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 00:20. Solar generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 11:30. Gas made 52% 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 1.354.4%Wind 1.966.4%Gas 14.6047.4%Hydro 0.391.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.4727.5%Coal 1.314.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 28.1avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 17:05
Low 20.7 · 04:50Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.1Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
59 Out
1
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 5%

Transfers · Tue 12 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 12 July 2016, Great Britain imported 59 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (37 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 12 Jul
Imported
59GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.39GW 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

Average1.53GWImporting

In 36.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.72GWImporting

In 17.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.00GWIdle

Generated 7.2 GWhPumped 7.1 GWh

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