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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 6 August 2016

On Saturday 6 August, demand averaged 26.3 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

26.3GW AVERAGEWind2.76 GW10%Hydro0.29 GW1%Solar2.37 GW9%Gas10.13 GW38%Coal0.42 GW2%Imports3.13 GW12%Nuclear7.45 GW28%26.3GW AVERAGE10%9%38%12%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.3GW
Generation 23.4Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels38%
Renewables20%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 6 August 2016, gas supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 31.7 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 6.0 GW at 23:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.7 GW at 13:00. Gas made 43% 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 2.378.9%Wind 2.7610.4%Gas 10.1338.2%Hydro 0.291.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.4528.1%Coal 0.421.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.3avgGeneration 23.4avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.7GW · 11:30
Low 19.2 · 05:25Avg 26.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 23.4Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
68 Out
0
Zero-carbon share55%of generation
Nuclear 32%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 10%

Transfers · Sat 6 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 6 August 2016, Great Britain imported 68 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (39 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 6 Aug
Imported
68GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.82GW 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

Average1.62GWImporting

In 39.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.30GWImporting

In 7.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 7.5 GWhPumped 6.3 GWh

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