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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 8 August 2016

On Monday 8 August, demand averaged 28.6 GW. Renewables supplied 28%.

28.6GW AVERAGEWind5.85 GW20%Hydro0.37 GW1%Solar1.89 GW6%Gas10.50 GW36%Coal0.36 GW1%Imports2.51 GW9%Nuclear7.84 GW27%28.6GW AVERAGE20%36%9%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand28.6GW
Generation 26.8Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels36%
Renewables28%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 8 August 2016, gas supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 16:55. Wind generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 09:20. Solar generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 12:30. Gas made 39% 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 1.896.4%Wind 5.8520.0%Gas 10.5035.8%Hydro 0.371.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8426.7%Coal 0.361.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.6avgGeneration 26.8avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 16:55
Low 18.2 · 04:00Avg 28.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 26.8Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports49GWh
In
54 Out
5
Zero-carbon share59%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 22%Solar 7%

Transfers · Mon 8 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 8 August 2016, Great Britain imported 54 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 8 Aug
Imported
54GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
49GWh
Average net flow
2.04GW 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

Average1.44GWImporting

In 34.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.03GWImporting

In 2.7 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.58GWImporting

In 16.3 GWhOut 2.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.20GWPumping

Generated 6.8 GWhPumped 11.6 GWh

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