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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 3 September 2016

On Saturday 3 September, demand averaged 26.5 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

26.5GW AVERAGEWind2.72 GW10%Hydro0.32 GW1%Solar0.82 GW3%Gas11.50 GW43%Coal0.33 GW1%Imports2.45 GW9%Nuclear8.69 GW32%26.5GW AVERAGE10%43%9%32%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.5GW
Generation 24.4Transfers 2.1
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables14%
Other42%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 3 September 2016, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 32%. Demand peaked at 31.9 GW at 12:00. Wind generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 20:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 10:00. Gas made 47% 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 0.823.0%Wind 2.7210.1%Gas 11.5042.8%Hydro 0.321.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.6932.4%Coal 0.331.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.5avgGeneration 24.4avgTransfers 2.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand31.9GW · 12:00
Low 18.9 · 04:10Avg 26.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 24.4Transfers 2.1 GW
Net imports52GWh
In
52 Out
0
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 36%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sat 3 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 3 September 2016, Great Britain imported 52 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (24 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 3 Sept
Imported
52GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
52GWh
Average net flow
2.16GW 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

Average0.99GWImporting

In 24.2 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.90GWImporting

In 21.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 6.7 GWhPumped 7.9 GWh

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