Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 23 July 2016

On Saturday 23 July, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind0.90 GW3%Hydro0.33 GW1%Solar2.04 GW7%Gas13.22 GW48%Coal0.27 GW1%Imports3.14 GW11%Nuclear7.87 GW28%27.4GW AVERAGE7%48%11%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand27.4GW
Generation 24.6Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables12%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 23 July 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 32.2 GW at 11:05. Wind generation peaked at 1.7 GW at 17:35. Solar generation peaked at 5.5 GW at 14:00. Gas made 54% 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 2.047.3%Wind 0.903.2%Gas 13.2247.6%Hydro 0.331.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8728.3%Coal 0.271.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 24.6avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.2GW · 11:05
Low 20.2 · 04:55Avg 27.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 24.6Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports69GWh
In
69 Out
0
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 32%Hydro 1%Wind 4%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sat 23 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 23 July 2016, Great Britain imported 69 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 23 Jul
Imported
69GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
69GWh
Average net flow
2.86GW 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

Average1.79GWImporting

In 43.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.31GWImporting

In 7.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.76GWImporting

In 18.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 6.6 GWhPumped 9.6 GWh

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