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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 31 July 2016

On Sunday 31 July, demand averaged 25.2 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

25.2GW AVERAGEWind2.40 GW9%Hydro0.15 GW1%Solar1.74 GW7%Gas10.65 GW41%Coal0.35 GW1%Imports2.41 GW9%Nuclear7.98 GW31%25.2GW AVERAGE9%41%9%31%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.2GW
Generation 23.3Transfers 1.9
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables17%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 31 July 2016, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 31%. Demand peaked at 29.8 GW at 12:40. Wind generation peaked at 3.4 GW at 15:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 11:00. Gas made 46% 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 1.746.8%Wind 2.409.4%Gas 10.6541.4%Hydro 0.150.6%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9831.1%Coal 0.351.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.2avgGeneration 23.3avgTransfers 1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand29.8GW · 12:40
Low 18.0 · 05:25Avg 25.20–30 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 23.3Transfers 1.9 GW
Net imports49GWh
In
52 Out
3
Zero-carbon share53%of generation
Nuclear 34%Hydro 1%Wind 10%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sun 31 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 31 July 2016, Great Britain imported 52 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (29 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 31 Jul
Imported
52GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
49GWh
Average net flow
2.04GW 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

Average1.22GWImporting

In 29.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.28GWImporting

In 6.7 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.54GWImporting

In 15.7 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 8.7 GWh

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