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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 3 August 2016

On Wednesday 3 August, demand averaged 29.0 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

29.0GW AVERAGEWind5.30 GW18%Hydro0.21 GW1%Solar1.75 GW6%Gas11.57 GW39%Coal0.65 GW2%Imports2.97 GW10%Nuclear6.99 GW24%29.0GW AVERAGE18%39%10%24%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.0GW
Generation 26.5Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels39%
Renewables25%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 3 August 2016, gas supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 34.9 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 6.8 GW at 16:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 13:30. Gas made 44% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.755.9%Wind 5.3018.0%Gas 11.5739.3%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.9923.7%Coal 0.652.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.0avgGeneration 26.5avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.9GW · 12:05
Low 19.8 · 04:50Avg 29.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.5Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports66GWh
In
66 Out
0
Zero-carbon share54%of generation
Nuclear 26%Hydro 1%Wind 20%Solar 7%

Transfers · Wed 3 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 3 August 2016, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (38 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 3 Aug
Imported
66GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
66GWh
Average net flow
2.74GW 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

Average1.59GWImporting

In 38.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 6.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.88GWImporting

In 21.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 5.6 GWhPumped 10.5 GWh

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