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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 27 July 2016

On Wednesday 27 July, demand averaged 30.0 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

30.0GW AVERAGEWind3.02 GW10%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar1.52 GW5%Gas13.88 GW45%Coal0.76 GW2%Imports3.10 GW10%Nuclear7.97 GW26%30.0GW AVERAGE10%45%10%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.0GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables16%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 27 July 2016, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.3 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 4.2 GW at 10:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.8 GW at 14:30. Gas made 51% 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 1.525.0%Wind 3.029.9%Gas 13.8845.5%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9726.1%Coal 0.762.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.0avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.3GW · 12:05
Low 19.7 · 03:05Avg 30.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports66GWh
In
68 Out
2
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 6%

Transfers · Wed 27 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 27 July 2016, Great Britain imported 68 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 27 Jul
Imported
68GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
66GWh
Average net flow
2.77GW 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

Average1.75GWImporting

In 41.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.91GWImporting

In 21.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.19GWPumping

Generated 6.3 GWhPumped 10.7 GWh

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