Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 30 August 2016

On Tuesday 30 August, demand averaged 29.8 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

29.8GW AVERAGEWind2.98 GW10%Hydro0.24 GW1%Solar2.18 GW7%Gas14.35 GW47%Coal0.28 GW1%Imports2.00 GW7%Nuclear8.37 GW28%29.8GW AVERAGE10%7%47%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.8GW
Generation 28.4Transfers 1.4
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables18%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
—
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Tuesday 30 August 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 36.4 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 20:45. Solar generation peaked at 6.7 GW at 13:00. Gas made 51% 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 2.187.2%Wind 2.989.8%Gas 14.3547.2%Hydro 0.240.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3727.5%Coal 0.280.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.8avgGeneration 28.4avgTransfers 1.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.4GW · 12:00
Low 19.0 · 03:55Avg 29.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 28.4Transfers 1.4 GW
Net imports37GWh
In
42 Out
5
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 10%Solar 8%

Transfers · Tue 30 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 30 August 2016, Great Britain imported 42 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 30 Aug
Imported
42GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
37GWh
Average net flow
1.55GW 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

Average0.55GWImporting

In 15.5 GWhOut 2.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 5.2 GWhOut 2.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 5.9 GWhPumped 9.2 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.