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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 2 September 2016

On Friday 2 September, demand averaged 29.5 GW. Renewables supplied 15%.

29.5GW AVERAGEWind3.37 GW11%Hydro0.32 GW1%Solar0.84 GW3%Gas15.25 GW51%Coal0.58 GW2%Imports1.39 GW5%Nuclear8.44 GW28%29.5GW AVERAGE11%51%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.5GW
Generation 28.8Transfers 0.7
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables15%
Other33%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 2 September 2016, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 36.1 GW at 11:40. Wind generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 01:55. Solar generation peaked at 2.3 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 0.842.8%Wind 3.3711.2%Gas 15.2550.5%Hydro 0.321.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.4428.0%Coal 0.581.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.5avgGeneration 28.8avgTransfers 0.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.1GW · 11:40
Low 19.7 · 04:20Avg 29.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain98%of demand
Generation 28.8Transfers 0.7 GW
Net imports18GWh
In
27 Out
9
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 2 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 2 September 2016, Great Britain imported 27 GWh and exported 9 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (20 GWh), and the most exports went to France (9 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 2 Sept
Imported
27GWh
Exported
9GWh
Net in
18GWh
Average net flow
0.76GW 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

Average0.32GWExporting

In 1.5 GWhOut 9.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 6.1 GWhPumped 8.4 GWh

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