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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 30 July 2016

On Saturday 30 July, demand averaged 26.2 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

26.2GW AVERAGEWind1.70 GW6%Hydro0.18 GW1%Solar1.53 GW6%Gas12.39 GW47%Coal0.20 GW1%Imports2.58 GW10%Nuclear7.99 GW30%26.2GW AVERAGE47%10%30%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.2GW
Generation 24.0Transfers 2.2
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables13%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 30 July 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 30%. Demand peaked at 30.8 GW at 10:00. Wind generation peaked at 2.5 GW at 15:50. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 12:30. Gas made 52% 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 1.535.8%Wind 1.706.4%Gas 12.3946.6%Hydro 0.180.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9930.1%Coal 0.200.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.2avgGeneration 24.0avgTransfers 2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.8GW · 10:00
Low 19.4 · 05:25Avg 26.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 24.0Transfers 2.2 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
57 Out
0
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 33%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sat 30 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 30 July 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (33 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 30 Jul
Imported
57GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.37GW 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

Average1.36GWImporting

In 32.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.30GWImporting

In 7.4 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.70GWImporting

In 16.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.17GWPumping

Generated 4.9 GWhPumped 8.8 GWh

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