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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 20 August 2016

On Saturday 20 August, demand averaged 25.6 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

25.6GW AVERAGEWind5.98 GW23%Hydro0.27 GW1%Solar1.31 GW5%Gas7.89 GW30%Coal0.67 GW3%Imports1.98 GW8%Nuclear8.00 GW31%25.6GW AVERAGE23%30%8%31%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.6GW
Generation 24.1Transfers 1.5
Fossil fuels30%
Renewables29%
Other38%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 20 August 2016, nuclear supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 30%. Demand peaked at 30.6 GW at 12:10. Wind generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 15:15. Solar generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 13:00. Nuclear made 33% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 24% across 2016.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.315.0%Wind 5.9822.9%Gas 7.8930.2%Hydro 0.271.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.0030.6%Coal 0.672.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.6avgGeneration 24.1avgTransfers 1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.6GW · 12:10
Low 18.8 · 04:20Avg 25.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 24.1Transfers 1.5 GW
Net imports36GWh
In
40 Out
4
Zero-carbon share64%of generation
Nuclear 33%Hydro 1%Wind 25%Solar 5%

Transfers · Sat 20 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 20 August 2016, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (20 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 20 Aug
Imported
40GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
36GWh
Average net flow
1.50GW 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

Average0.81GWImporting

In 20.1 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.23GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.45GWImporting

In 13.7 GWhOut 2.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWPumping

Generated 8.0 GWhPumped 9.1 GWh

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