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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 15 August 2016

On Monday 15 August, demand averaged 29.4 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

29.4GW AVERAGEWind1.20 GW4%Hydro0.42 GW1%Solar2.48 GW8%Gas13.97 GW47%Coal0.67 GW2%Imports3.20 GW11%Nuclear7.94 GW27%29.4GW AVERAGE8%47%11%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.4GW
Generation 26.7Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables14%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 15 August 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 21:30. Solar generation peaked at 7.4 GW at 13:30. Gas made 52% 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 2.488.3%Wind 1.204.0%Gas 13.9746.8%Hydro 0.421.4%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9426.6%Coal 0.672.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.4avgGeneration 26.7avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:30
Low 19.4 · 03:25Avg 29.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.7Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports70GWh
In
71 Out
0
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 2%Wind 4%Solar 9%

Transfers · Mon 15 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 15 August 2016, Great Britain imported 71 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 15 Aug
Imported
71GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
70GWh
Average net flow
2.93GW 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

Average1.77GWImporting

In 42.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 5.6 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 6.3 GWhPumped 10.6 GWh

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