Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 16 July 2016

On Saturday 16 July, demand averaged 26.4 GW. Renewables supplied 23%.

26.4GW AVERAGEWind4.35 GW16%Hydro0.27 GW1%Solar1.65 GW6%Gas9.56 GW35%Coal0.31 GW1%Imports2.48 GW9%Nuclear8.30 GW31%26.4GW AVERAGE16%35%9%31%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.4GW
Generation 24.5Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels35%
Renewables23%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 16 July 2016, gas supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 31%. Demand peaked at 32.2 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 13:00. Gas made 39% 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 1.656.1%Wind 4.3516.2%Gas 9.5635.5%Hydro 0.271.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3030.8%Coal 0.311.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.4avgGeneration 24.5avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.2GW · 11:30
Low 18.5 · 04:50Avg 26.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 24.5Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports52GWh
In
54 Out
2
Zero-carbon share60%of generation
Nuclear 34%Hydro 1%Wind 18%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sat 16 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 16 July 2016, Great Britain imported 54 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (32 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 16 Jul
Imported
54GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
52GWh
Average net flow
2.17GW 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

Average1.33GWImporting

In 32.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.29GWImporting

In 6.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.55GWImporting

In 14.9 GWhOut 1.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 5.7 GWhPumped 10.8 GWh

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