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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 9 August 2016

On Tuesday 9 August, demand averaged 29.6 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

29.6GW AVERAGEWind3.60 GW12%Hydro0.46 GW2%Solar1.98 GW7%Gas12.44 GW42%Coal0.64 GW2%Imports2.88 GW10%Nuclear7.95 GW27%29.6GW AVERAGE12%42%10%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.6GW
Generation 27.1Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables20%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 9 August 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 36.1 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 4.8 GW at 00:25. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 12:00. Gas made 46% 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 1.986.6%Wind 3.6012.0%Gas 12.4441.5%Hydro 0.461.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9526.5%Coal 0.642.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.6avgGeneration 27.1avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.1GW · 12:05
Low 19.6 · 04:30Avg 29.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 27.1Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports63GWh
In
63 Out
0
Zero-carbon share52%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 2%Wind 13%Solar 7%

Transfers · Tue 9 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 9 August 2016, Great Britain imported 63 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 9 Aug
Imported
63GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
63GWh
Average net flow
2.60GW 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

Average1.50GWImporting

In 36.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.23GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.87GWImporting

In 20.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 9.0 GWh

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