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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 18 August 2016

On Thursday 18 August, demand averaged 30.1 GW. Renewables supplied 11%.

30.1GW AVERAGEWind1.43 GW5%Hydro0.30 GW1%Solar1.65 GW5%Gas15.27 GW50%Coal0.70 GW2%Imports3.33 GW11%Nuclear7.93 GW26%30.1GW AVERAGE50%11%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.1GW
Generation 27.3Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables11%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 18 August 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.5 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 2.6 GW at 22:40. Solar generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 14:00. Gas made 56% 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 1.655.4%Wind 1.434.7%Gas 15.2749.9%Hydro 0.301.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9325.9%Coal 0.702.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.1avgGeneration 27.3avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.5GW · 12:00
Low 20.6 · 03:25Avg 30.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.3Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports71GWh
In
73 Out
2
Zero-carbon share41%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 6%

Transfers · Thu 18 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 18 August 2016, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 18 Aug
Imported
73GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
71GWh
Average net flow
2.96GW 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

Average1.88GWImporting

In 45.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 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 6.8 GWhPumped 9.7 GWh

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