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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 22 August 2016

On Monday 22 August, demand averaged 29.8 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

29.8GW AVERAGEWind3.89 GW13%Hydro0.29 GW1%Solar1.37 GW4%Gas13.35 GW44%Coal0.70 GW2%Imports2.63 GW9%Nuclear8.27 GW27%29.8GW AVERAGE13%44%9%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.8GW
Generation 27.9Transfers 1.9
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables18%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 22 August 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 36.4 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 5.2 GW at 12:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.3 GW at 13:30. Gas made 48% 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 1.374.5%Wind 3.8912.7%Gas 13.3543.8%Hydro 0.291.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.2727.1%Coal 0.702.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.8avgGeneration 27.9avgTransfers 1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.4GW · 17:25
Low 18.8 · 04:20Avg 29.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 27.9Transfers 1.9 GW
Net imports52GWh
In
57 Out
5
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 14%Solar 5%

Transfers · Mon 22 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 22 August 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (35 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 22 Aug
Imported
57GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
52GWh
Average net flow
2.17GW 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

Average1.47GWImporting

In 35.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWExporting

In 2.4 GWhOut 4.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.79GWImporting

In 18.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.25GWPumping

Generated 6.5 GWhPumped 12.4 GWh

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