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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 20 July 2016

On Wednesday 20 July, demand averaged 32.3 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

32.3GW AVERAGEWind3.02 GW9%Hydro0.34 GW1%Solar2.07 GW6%Gas14.60 GW44%Coal1.39 GW4%Imports2.99 GW9%Nuclear8.44 GW26%32.3GW AVERAGE9%44%9%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand32.3GW
Generation 29.9Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables17%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 20 July 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 39.3 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 01:15. Solar generation peaked at 6.1 GW at 13:30. Gas made 49% 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 2.076.3%Wind 3.029.2%Gas 14.6044.4%Hydro 0.341.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.4425.7%Coal 1.394.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.3avgGeneration 29.9avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.3GW · 12:30
Low 22.2 · 04:55Avg 32.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 29.9Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports63GWh
In
64 Out
1
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 10%Solar 7%

Transfers · Wed 20 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 20 July 2016, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 20 Jul
Imported
64GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
63GWh
Average net flow
2.62GW 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

Average1.81GWImporting

In 43.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.17GWImporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.8 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 8.0 GWhPumped 11.9 GWh

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