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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 21 July 2016

On Thursday 21 July, demand averaged 31.3 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

31.3GW AVERAGEWind1.37 GW4%Hydro0.35 GW1%Solar1.67 GW5%Gas15.39 GW48%Coal1.88 GW6%Imports2.98 GW9%Nuclear8.24 GW26%31.3GW AVERAGE48%9%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand31.3GW
Generation 28.9Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables11%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 21 July 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 37.5 GW at 12:15. Wind generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 00:50. Solar generation peaked at 4.8 GW at 11:30. Gas made 53% 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 1.675.2%Wind 1.374.3%Gas 15.3948.3%Hydro 0.351.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.2425.8%Coal 1.885.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.3avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.5GW · 12:15
Low 21.5 · 04:50Avg 31.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
64 Out
1
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 6%

Transfers · Thu 21 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 21 July 2016, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 21 Jul
Imported
64GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.65GW 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

Average1.85GWImporting

In 44.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.32GWImporting

In 7.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.47GWImporting

In 12.3 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.20GWPumping

Generated 6.9 GWhPumped 11.8 GWh

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