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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 11 August 2016

On Thursday 11 August, demand averaged 29.6 GW. Renewables supplied 24%.

29.6GW AVERAGEWind5.49 GW18%Hydro0.51 GW2%Solar1.35 GW5%Gas11.16 GW37%Coal0.47 GW2%Imports3.35 GW11%Nuclear7.67 GW26%29.6GW AVERAGE18%37%11%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.6GW
Generation 26.6Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels37%
Renewables24%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 11 August 2016, gas supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.0 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 14:55. Solar generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 13:30. Gas made 42% 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 1.354.5%Wind 5.4918.3%Gas 11.1637.2%Hydro 0.511.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6725.6%Coal 0.471.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.6avgGeneration 26.6avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.0GW · 12:30
Low 19.9 · 03:25Avg 29.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 26.6Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports72GWh
In
73 Out
0
Zero-carbon share56%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 2%Wind 21%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 11 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 11 August 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 11 Aug
Imported
73GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
72GWh
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

Average1.85GWImporting

In 44.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.25GWImporting

In 6.2 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 7.7 GWhPumped 9.2 GWh

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