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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 25 July 2016

On Monday 25 July, demand averaged 29.6 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

29.6GW AVERAGEWind2.85 GW9%Hydro0.26 GW1%Solar1.71 GW6%Gas13.54 GW45%Coal1.08 GW4%Imports2.93 GW10%Nuclear7.68 GW26%29.6GW AVERAGE9%45%10%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.6GW
Generation 27.1Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables16%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 25 July 2016, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 35.8 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 3.8 GW at 15:55. Solar generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 12:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.715.7%Wind 2.859.5%Gas 13.5445.1%Hydro 0.260.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6825.6%Coal 1.083.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.6avgGeneration 27.1avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.8GW · 17:25
Low 19.8 · 03:25Avg 29.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 27.1Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
65 Out
1
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 10%Solar 6%

Transfers · Mon 25 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 25 July 2016, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 25 Jul
Imported
65GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.67GW 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

Average1.80GWImporting

In 43.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.19GWImporting

In 5.4 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.67GWImporting

In 16.1 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 9.5 GWh

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