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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 17 July 2016

On Sunday 17 July, demand averaged 26.3 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

26.3GW AVERAGEWind3.08 GW11%Hydro0.30 GW1%Solar1.97 GW7%Gas10.12 GW38%Coal0.67 GW2%Imports2.38 GW9%Nuclear8.26 GW31%26.3GW AVERAGE11%7%38%9%31%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.3GW
Generation 24.4Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels38%
Renewables20%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 17 July 2016, gas supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 31%. Demand peaked at 31.3 GW at 17:55. Wind generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 10:20. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 12:30. Gas made 41% 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 1.977.3%Wind 3.0811.5%Gas 10.1237.8%Hydro 0.301.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.2630.9%Coal 0.672.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.3avgGeneration 24.4avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.3GW · 17:55
Low 18.6 · 05:25Avg 26.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 24.4Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports48GWh
In
51 Out
2
Zero-carbon share56%of generation
Nuclear 34%Hydro 1%Wind 13%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sun 17 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 17 July 2016, Great Britain imported 51 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (30 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 17 Jul
Imported
51GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
48GWh
Average net flow
2.02GW 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

Average1.27GWImporting

In 30.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.52GWImporting

In 14.6 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 7.6 GWh

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