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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 5 September 2016

On Monday 5 September, demand averaged 30.7 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

30.7GW AVERAGEWind2.73 GW9%Hydro0.25 GW1%Solar0.84 GW3%Gas15.48 GW50%Coal0.95 GW3%Imports2.16 GW7%Nuclear8.83 GW28%30.7GW AVERAGE9%50%28%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.7GW
Generation 29.1Transfers 1.6
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables12%
Other35%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 5 September 2016, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 28%. Demand peaked at 38.1 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 3.6 GW at 09:20. Solar generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 14:00. 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 0.842.7%Wind 2.738.7%Gas 15.4849.5%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.8328.3%Coal 0.953.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.7avgGeneration 29.1avgTransfers 1.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.1GW · 17:25
Low 19.0 · 03:50Avg 30.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 29.1Transfers 1.6 GW
Net imports40GWh
In
42 Out
2
Zero-carbon share44%of generation
Nuclear 30%Hydro 1%Wind 9%Solar 3%

Transfers · Mon 5 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 5 September 2016, Great Britain imported 42 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (20 GWh), and the most exports went to France (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 5 Sept
Imported
42GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
40GWh
Average net flow
1.67GW 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

Average0.61GWImporting

In 16.7 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 9.8 GWhPumped 11.6 GWh

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