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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 2 August 2016

On Tuesday 2 August, demand averaged 30.4 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

30.4GW AVERAGEWind2.61 GW8%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar0.73 GW2%Gas15.38 GW50%Coal1.50 GW5%Imports3.32 GW11%Nuclear7.12 GW23%30.4GW AVERAGE8%50%11%23%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.4GW
Generation 27.5Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables11%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 2 August 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 37.0 GW at 16:55. Wind generation peaked at 3.8 GW at 22:55. Solar generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 13:30. Gas made 56% 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 0.732.4%Wind 2.618.5%Gas 15.3849.8%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1223.1%Coal 1.504.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.4avgGeneration 27.5avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.0GW · 16:55
Low 20.4 · 03:25Avg 30.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.5Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
73 Out
0
Zero-carbon share39%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 1%Wind 9%Solar 3%

Transfers · Tue 2 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 2 August 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 2 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

Average1.75GWImporting

In 42.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.35GWImporting

In 8.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.24GWPumping

Generated 6.6 GWhPumped 12.2 GWh

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