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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 28 July 2016

On Thursday 28 July, demand averaged 30.2 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

30.2GW AVERAGEWind1.43 GW5%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar1.23 GW4%Gas15.59 GW51%Coal1.05 GW3%Imports3.01 GW10%Nuclear7.99 GW26%30.2GW AVERAGE51%10%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.2GW
Generation 27.5Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables10%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 28 July 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.7 GW at 12:10. Wind generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 17:30. Solar generation peaked at 3.4 GW at 11:00. Gas made 57% 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 1.234.0%Wind 1.434.7%Gas 15.5951.1%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9926.2%Coal 1.053.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.2avgGeneration 27.5avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.7GW · 12:10
Low 20.6 · 03:50Avg 30.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.5Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports67GWh
In
67 Out
0
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 4%

Transfers · Thu 28 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 28 July 2016, Great Britain imported 67 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 28 Jul
Imported
67GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
67GWh
Average net flow
2.79GW 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

Average1.68GWImporting

In 40.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.26GWImporting

In 6.3 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 8.9 GWh

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