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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 10 August 2016

On Wednesday 10 August, demand averaged 30.0 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

30.0GW AVERAGEWind1.95 GW6%Hydro0.45 GW1%Solar1.61 GW5%Gas14.43 GW47%Coal0.73 GW2%Imports3.34 GW11%Nuclear7.95 GW26%30.0GW AVERAGE47%11%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.0GW
Generation 27.1Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables13%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 10 August 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:15. Wind generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 12:00. Gas made 53% 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 1.615.3%Wind 1.956.4%Gas 14.4347.4%Hydro 0.451.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9526.1%Coal 0.732.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.0avgGeneration 27.1avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:15
Low 20.5 · 03:25Avg 30.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.1Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
73 Out
0
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 2%Wind 7%Solar 6%

Transfers · Wed 10 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 10 August 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 10 Aug
Imported
73GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.02GW 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

Average0.28GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.95GWImporting

In 22.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 7.5 GWhPumped 10.0 GWh

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