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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 17 August 2016

On Wednesday 17 August, demand averaged 30.1 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

30.1GW AVERAGEWind1.77 GW6%Hydro0.36 GW1%Solar2.19 GW7%Gas14.72 GW48%Coal0.65 GW2%Imports3.00 GW10%Nuclear7.93 GW26%30.1GW AVERAGE7%48%10%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.1GW
Generation 27.6Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables14%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 17 August 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.6 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 2.6 GW at 00:15. Solar generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 13:30. Gas made 53% 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 2.197.2%Wind 1.775.8%Gas 14.7248.1%Hydro 0.361.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9325.9%Coal 0.652.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.1avgGeneration 27.6avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.6GW · 12:00
Low 20.2 · 03:45Avg 30.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 27.6Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports62GWh
In
65 Out
3
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 6%Solar 8%

Transfers · Wed 17 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 17 August 2016, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 17 Aug
Imported
65GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
62GWh
Average net flow
2.59GW 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

Average1.67GWImporting

In 40.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 5.6 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.82GWImporting

In 19.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 6.5 GWhPumped 9.3 GWh

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