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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 19 August 2016

On Friday 19 August, demand averaged 29.4 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

29.4GW AVERAGEWind4.07 GW14%Hydro0.29 GW1%Solar0.70 GW2%Gas13.10 GW44%Coal0.71 GW2%Imports3.03 GW10%Nuclear7.94 GW27%29.4GW AVERAGE14%44%10%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.4GW
Generation 26.8Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables17%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 19 August 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 36.0 GW at 12:10. Wind generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 17:55. Solar generation peaked at 2.0 GW at 15:30. Gas made 49% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.702.3%Wind 4.0713.7%Gas 13.1043.9%Hydro 0.291.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9426.6%Coal 0.712.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.4avgGeneration 26.8avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.0GW · 12:10
Low 19.9 · 02:55Avg 29.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.8Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
66 Out
0
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 15%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 19 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 19 August 2016, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 19 Aug
Imported
66GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.73GW 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

Average1.68GWImporting

In 40.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 4.2 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.90GWImporting

In 21.5 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 6.9 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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