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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 29 August 2016

On Monday 29 August, demand averaged 26.0 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

26.0GW AVERAGEWind1.49 GW5%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar2.06 GW8%Gas13.12 GW48%Coal0.30 GW1%Imports1.92 GW7%Nuclear8.12 GW30%26.0GW AVERAGE8%48%7%30%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.0GW
Generation 25.4Transfers 0.7
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables14%
Other37%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 29 August 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 30%. Demand peaked at 31.3 GW at 20:30. Wind generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 22:25. Solar generation peaked at 6.5 GW at 13:00. Gas made 52% 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 2.067.6%Wind 1.495.5%Gas 13.1248.1%Hydro 0.250.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.1229.8%Coal 0.301.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.0avgGeneration 25.4avgTransfers 0.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.3GW · 20:30
Low 18.5 · 03:55Avg 26.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 25.4Transfers 0.7 GW
Net imports22GWh
In
40 Out
19
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 32%Hydro 1%Wind 6%Solar 8%

Transfers · Mon 29 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 29 August 2016, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 19 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (20 GWh), and the most exports went to France (15 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 29 Aug
Imported
40GWh
Exported
19GWh
Net in
22GWh
Average net flow
0.90GW 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

Average0.04GWImporting

In 15.5 GWhOut 14.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.01GWImporting

In 4.6 GWhOut 4.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 5.6 GWhPumped 11.1 GWh

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