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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 15 July 2016

On Friday 15 July, demand averaged 29.6 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

29.6GW AVERAGEWind3.59 GW12%Hydro0.36 GW1%Solar1.23 GW4%Gas13.04 GW43%Coal0.84 GW3%Imports2.70 GW9%Nuclear8.30 GW28%29.6GW AVERAGE12%43%9%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.6GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables17%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 15 July 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 36.2 GW at 10:55. Wind generation peaked at 6.1 GW at 18:15. Solar generation peaked at 3.2 GW at 10:30. Gas made 48% 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 1.234.1%Wind 3.5912.0%Gas 13.0443.4%Hydro 0.361.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3027.6%Coal 0.842.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.6avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.2GW · 10:55
Low 20.1 · 04:50Avg 29.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports56GWh
In
56 Out
0
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 13%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 15 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 15 July 2016, Great Britain imported 56 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (29 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 15 Jul
Imported
56GWh
Exported
0GWh
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

Average1.22GWImporting

In 29.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.28GWImporting

In 6.8 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.83GWImporting

In 19.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 8.8 GWhPumped 11.1 GWh

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