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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 12 August 2016

On Friday 12 August, demand averaged 29.0 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

29.0GW AVERAGEWind5.85 GW20%Hydro0.37 GW1%Solar2.26 GW8%Gas9.75 GW33%Coal0.39 GW1%Imports3.06 GW10%Nuclear7.65 GW26%29.0GW AVERAGE20%8%33%10%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.0GW
Generation 26.3Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels33%
Renewables29%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 12 August 2016, gas supplied 33% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 35.4 GW at 12:05. Wind generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 21:25. Solar generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 13:00. Gas made 37% 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 2.267.7%Wind 5.8520.0%Gas 9.7533.2%Hydro 0.371.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.6526.1%Coal 0.391.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.0avgGeneration 26.3avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.4GW · 12:05
Low 20.0 · 02:55Avg 29.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.3Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
66 Out
1
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 22%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 12 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 12 August 2016, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 12 Aug
Imported
66GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.69GW 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

Average1.70GWImporting

In 40.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.28GWImporting

In 6.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.71GWImporting

In 18.4 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 7.4 GWhPumped 6.3 GWh

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