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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 4 September 2016

On Sunday 4 September, demand averaged 25.5 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

25.5GW AVERAGEWind2.80 GW11%Hydro0.30 GW1%Solar1.03 GW4%Gas10.26 GW39%Coal0.11 GW0%Imports2.78 GW11%Nuclear8.74 GW34%25.5GW AVERAGE11%39%11%34%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.5GW
Generation 23.2Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels39%
Renewables16%
Other44%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 4 September 2016, gas supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 34%. Demand peaked at 32.2 GW at 20:15. Wind generation peaked at 4.2 GW at 03:20. Solar generation peaked at 3.0 GW at 14:30. Gas made 44% 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 1.034.0%Wind 2.8010.8%Gas 10.2639.4%Hydro 0.301.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.7433.6%Coal 0.110.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.5avgGeneration 23.2avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.2GW · 20:15
Low 17.6 · 04:55Avg 25.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 23.2Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports55GWh
In
56 Out
1
Zero-carbon share55%of generation
Nuclear 38%Hydro 1%Wind 12%Solar 4%

Transfers · Sun 4 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 4 September 2016, Great Britain imported 56 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (33 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 4 Sept
Imported
56GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
55GWh
Average net flow
2.30GW 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

Average1.39GWImporting

In 33.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWImporting

In 5.9 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.7 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWPumping

Generated 10.8 GWhPumped 11.7 GWh

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