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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 24 August 2016

On Wednesday 24 August, demand averaged 31.7 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

31.7GW AVERAGEWind1.02 GW3%Hydro0.34 GW1%Solar1.95 GW6%Gas16.07 GW50%Coal1.37 GW4%Imports3.17 GW10%Nuclear8.43 GW26%31.7GW AVERAGE50%10%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand31.7GW
Generation 29.2Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables10%
Other36%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 24 August 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 38.3 GW at 12:30. Wind generation peaked at 2.0 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.7 GW at 12:30. Gas made 55% 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 1.956.0%Wind 1.023.1%Gas 16.0749.7%Hydro 0.341.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.4326.1%Coal 1.374.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.7avgGeneration 29.2avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.3GW · 12:30
Low 21.6 · 03:50Avg 31.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 29.2Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports59GWh
In
64 Out
5
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 3%Solar 7%

Transfers · Wed 24 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 24 August 2016, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 24 Aug
Imported
64GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
59GWh
Average net flow
2.48GW 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

Average1.71GWImporting

In 41.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWExporting

In 3.8 GWhOut 5.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.82GWImporting

In 19.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 11.7 GWhPumped 11.3 GWh

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