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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 26 August 2016

On Friday 26 August, demand averaged 30.2 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

30.2GW AVERAGEWind2.55 GW8%Hydro0.27 GW1%Solar2.33 GW7%Gas15.28 GW49%Coal0.33 GW1%Imports2.19 GW7%Nuclear8.13 GW26%30.2GW AVERAGE8%7%49%7%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.2GW
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables17%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 26 August 2016, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.4 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 14:10. Solar generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 12:30. Gas made 53% 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 2.337.5%Wind 2.558.2%Gas 15.2849.2%Hydro 0.270.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.1326.2%Coal 0.331.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.2avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.4GW · 11:30
Low 21.1 · 03:25Avg 30.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports36GWh
In
46 Out
10
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 9%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 26 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 26 August 2016, Great Britain imported 46 GWh and exported 10 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 26 Aug
Imported
46GWh
Exported
10GWh
Net in
36GWh
Average net flow
1.51GW 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

Average0.62GWImporting

In 20.4 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.01GWExporting

In 4.0 GWhOut 4.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.91GWImporting

In 21.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 6.3 GWhPumped 11.4 GWh

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