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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 5 August 2016

On Friday 5 August, demand averaged 29.5 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

29.5GW AVERAGEWind1.31 GW4%Hydro0.29 GW1%Solar2.01 GW7%Gas15.27 GW51%Coal0.71 GW2%Imports3.16 GW11%Nuclear7.13 GW24%29.5GW AVERAGE51%11%24%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.5GW
Generation 26.7Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables12%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 5 August 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 2.2 GW at 00:55. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 13:30. Gas made 57% 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 2.016.7%Wind 1.314.4%Gas 15.2751.1%Hydro 0.291.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1323.9%Coal 0.712.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.5avgGeneration 26.7avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:30
Low 20.3 · 03:25Avg 29.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.7Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports67GWh
In
68 Out
1
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 5 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 5 August 2016, Great Britain imported 68 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 5 Aug
Imported
68GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
67GWh
Average net flow
2.79GW 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

Average1.80GWImporting

In 43.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 4.6 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWPumping

Generated 7.7 GWhPumped 8.7 GWh

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