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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 16 August 2016

On Tuesday 16 August, demand averaged 29.9 GW. Renewables supplied 15%.

29.9GW AVERAGEWind1.88 GW6%Hydro0.36 GW1%Solar2.34 GW8%Gas14.10 GW47%Coal0.39 GW1%Imports3.32 GW11%Nuclear7.93 GW26%29.9GW AVERAGE8%47%11%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.9GW
Generation 27.0Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables15%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 16 August 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 22:50. Solar generation peaked at 7.0 GW at 13:00. 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 2.347.7%Wind 1.886.2%Gas 14.1046.5%Hydro 0.361.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9326.1%Coal 0.391.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.9avgGeneration 27.0avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:00
Low 20.1 · 03:45Avg 29.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.0Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports70GWh
In
72 Out
1
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 9%

Transfers · Tue 16 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 16 August 2016, Great Britain imported 72 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 16 Aug
Imported
72GWh
Exported
1GWh
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

Average1.87GWImporting

In 44.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWImporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.6 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 8.0 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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