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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 22 July 2016

On Friday 22 July, demand averaged 30.8 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

30.8GW AVERAGEWind1.13 GW4%Hydro0.33 GW1%Solar1.72 GW6%Gas16.07 GW51%Coal1.41 GW5%Imports2.71 GW9%Nuclear7.86 GW25%30.8GW AVERAGE51%9%25%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.8GW
Generation 28.5Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables10%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 22 July 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 37.3 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 1.8 GW at 00:05. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 12:30. Gas made 56% 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 1.725.5%Wind 1.133.6%Gas 16.0751.4%Hydro 0.331.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8625.2%Coal 1.414.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.8avgGeneration 28.5avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.3GW · 12:00
Low 21.7 · 03:15Avg 30.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 28.5Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports56GWh
In
57 Out
2
Zero-carbon share39%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 4%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 22 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 22 July 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (39 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 22 Jul
Imported
57GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
56GWh
Average net flow
2.32GW 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

Average1.61GWImporting

In 38.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWImporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.58GWImporting

In 14.2 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 7.9 GWhPumped 9.9 GWh

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