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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 14 August 2016

On Sunday 14 August, demand averaged 25.7 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

25.7GW AVERAGEWind1.04 GW4%Hydro0.45 GW2%Solar1.51 GW6%Gas11.39 GW44%Coal0.57 GW2%Imports3.22 GW12%Nuclear7.93 GW30%25.7GW AVERAGE44%12%30%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.7GW
Generation 22.9Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables11%
Other43%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 14 August 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 30%. Demand peaked at 30.2 GW at 20:55. Wind generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 04:20. Solar generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 14:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.515.8%Wind 1.044.0%Gas 11.3943.6%Hydro 0.451.7%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9330.4%Coal 0.572.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.7avgGeneration 22.9avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.2GW · 20:55
Low 18.6 · 05:45Avg 25.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 22.9Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports69GWh
In
69 Out
0
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 35%Hydro 2%Wind 5%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sun 14 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 14 August 2016, Great Britain imported 69 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 14 Aug
Imported
69GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
69GWh
Average net flow
2.87GW 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

Average1.82GWImporting

In 43.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 6.8 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.78GWImporting

In 18.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 8.1 GWhPumped 10.8 GWh

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