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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 9 September 2016

On Friday 9 September, demand averaged 30.0 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

30.0GW AVERAGEWind6.43 GW21%Hydro0.33 GW1%Solar1.10 GW4%Gas13.56 GW44%Coal0.38 GW1%Imports1.33 GW4%Nuclear8.01 GW26%30.0GW AVERAGE21%44%26%
Price
—/MWh
Demand30.0GW
Generation 29.8Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables25%
Other30%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 9 September 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.4 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 8.4 GW at 17:10. Solar generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 11:30. Gas made 45% 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 1.103.5%Wind 6.4320.6%Gas 13.5643.6%Hydro 0.331.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.0125.7%Coal 0.381.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.0avgGeneration 29.8avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.4GW · 11:30
Low 20.3 · 03:50Avg 30.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 29.8Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports9GWh
In
26 Out
16
Zero-carbon share53%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 22%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 9 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 9 September 2016, Great Britain imported 26 GWh and exported 16 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (16 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 9 Sept
Imported
26GWh
Exported
16GWh
Net in
9GWh
Average net flow
0.38GW 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

Average0.30GWExporting

In 9.2 GWhOut 16.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.68GWImporting

In 16.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 10.7 GWh

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