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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 29 July 2016

On Friday 29 July, demand averaged 29.6 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

29.6GW AVERAGEWind1.89 GW6%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar1.28 GW4%Gas15.09 GW50%Coal0.76 GW3%Imports2.79 GW9%Nuclear7.99 GW27%29.6GW AVERAGE50%9%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.6GW
Generation 27.3Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables11%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 29 July 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 36.2 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 18:50. Solar generation peaked at 3.9 GW at 13:00. Gas made 55% 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 1.284.3%Wind 1.896.3%Gas 15.0950.2%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9926.6%Coal 0.762.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.6avgGeneration 27.3avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.2GW · 12:05
Low 20.7 · 04:25Avg 29.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 27.3Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
60 Out
3
Zero-carbon share42%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 29 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 29 July 2016, Great Britain imported 60 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 29 Jul
Imported
60GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.36GW 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

Average1.50GWImporting

In 36.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 5.4 GWhOut 1.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.71GWImporting

In 18.1 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 7.4 GWhPumped 6.9 GWh

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