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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 1 September 2016

On Thursday 1 September, demand averaged 30.2 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

30.2GW AVERAGEWind3.35 GW11%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar1.94 GW6%Gas14.71 GW47%Coal0.74 GW2%Imports1.53 GW5%Nuclear8.60 GW28%30.2GW AVERAGE11%47%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.2GW
Generation 29.6Transfers 0.6
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables18%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 1 September 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 36.8 GW at 13:00. Wind generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 17:15. Solar generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 13:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.946.2%Wind 3.3510.8%Gas 14.7147.3%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.6027.6%Coal 0.742.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.2avgGeneration 29.6avgTransfers 0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.8GW · 13:00
Low 20.4 · 03:55Avg 30.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 29.6Transfers 0.6 GW
Net imports16GWh
In
31 Out
15
Zero-carbon share48%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 7%

Transfers · Thu 1 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 1 September 2016, Great Britain imported 31 GWh and exported 15 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 1 Sept
Imported
31GWh
Exported
15GWh
Net in
16GWh
Average net flow
0.68GW 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

Average0.33GWExporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 14.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.12GWImporting

In 3.1 GWhOut 0.3 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

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 8.0 GWh

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