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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 6 September 2016

On Tuesday 6 September, demand averaged 31.8 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

31.8GW AVERAGEWind2.93 GW9%Hydro0.28 GW1%Solar1.00 GW3%Gas15.90 GW49%Coal1.19 GW4%Imports2.41 GW7%Nuclear8.63 GW27%31.8GW AVERAGE9%49%7%27%
Price
—/MWh
Demand31.8GW
Generation 29.9Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables13%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 6 September 2016, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 27%. Demand peaked at 38.1 GW at 17:25. Wind generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 03:50. Solar generation peaked at 3.2 GW at 11:00. 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 1.003.1%Wind 2.939.1%Gas 15.9049.2%Hydro 0.280.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.6326.7%Coal 1.193.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.8avgGeneration 29.9avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.1GW · 17:25
Low 20.9 · 04:25Avg 31.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 29.9Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports48GWh
In
49 Out
1
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 29%Hydro 1%Wind 10%Solar 3%

Transfers · Tue 6 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 6 September 2016, Great Britain imported 49 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (30 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 6 Sept
Imported
49GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
48GWh
Average net flow
2.01GW 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

Average1.25GWImporting

In 30.5 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.76GWImporting

In 18.6 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 8.6 GWhPumped 13.0 GWh

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