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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 31 August 2016

On Wednesday 31 August, demand averaged 30.1 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

30.1GW AVERAGEWind3.84 GW12%Hydro0.24 GW1%Solar1.57 GW5%Gas14.10 GW46%Coal0.64 GW2%Imports1.97 GW6%Nuclear8.50 GW28%30.1GW AVERAGE12%46%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.1GW
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables18%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 31 August 2016, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 36.8 GW at 13:05. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 13:05. Solar generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 13:00. Gas made 49% 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 1.575.1%Wind 3.8412.5%Gas 14.1045.7%Hydro 0.240.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.5027.6%Coal 0.642.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.1avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.8GW · 13:05
Low 20.0 · 03:25Avg 30.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports34GWh
In
41 Out
8
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 13%Solar 5%

Transfers · Wed 31 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 31 August 2016, Great Britain imported 41 GWh and exported 8 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 31 Aug
Imported
41GWh
Exported
8GWh
Net in
34GWh
Average net flow
1.40GW 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

Average0.43GWImporting

In 16.4 GWhOut 6.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWImporting

In 2.8 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 5.8 GWhPumped 9.3 GWh

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