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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 14 July 2016

On Thursday 14 July, demand averaged 30.0 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

30.0GW AVERAGEWind1.40 GW5%Hydro0.32 GW1%Solar2.10 GW7%Gas14.08 GW46%Coal1.55 GW5%Imports2.69 GW9%Nuclear8.27 GW27%30.0GW AVERAGE46%9%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.0GW
Generation 27.7Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables13%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 14 July 2016, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 04:40. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 12:00. Gas made 51% 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 2.106.9%Wind 1.404.6%Gas 14.0846.3%Hydro 0.321.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.2727.2%Coal 1.555.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.0avgGeneration 27.7avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:00
Low 20.0 · 04:50Avg 30.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 27.7Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports56GWh
In
57 Out
1
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 8%

Transfers · Thu 14 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 14 July 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (30 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 14 Jul
Imported
57GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
56GWh
Average net flow
2.33GW 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

Average1.23GWImporting

In 29.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.16GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 7.4 GWhPumped 8.9 GWh

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