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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 1 August 2016

On Monday 1 August, demand averaged 29.5 GW. Renewables supplied 8%.

29.5GW AVERAGEWind1.19 GW4%Hydro0.22 GW1%Solar1.05 GW3%Gas15.43 GW51%Coal1.16 GW4%Imports3.55 GW12%Nuclear7.44 GW25%29.5GW AVERAGE51%12%25%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.5GW
Generation 26.5Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables8%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 1 August 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 36.0 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 1.8 GW at 20:50. Solar generation peaked at 3.1 GW at 11:30. Gas made 58% 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 1.053.5%Wind 1.194.0%Gas 15.4351.4%Hydro 0.220.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.4424.8%Coal 1.163.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.5avgGeneration 26.5avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.0GW · 17:25
Low 19.3 · 03:45Avg 29.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 26.5Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
73 Out
0
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 4%Solar 4%

Transfers · Mon 1 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 1 August 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 1 Aug
Imported
73GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.04GW 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

Average1.86GWImporting

In 44.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 11.8 GWhPumped 11.9 GWh

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