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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 10 September 2016

On Saturday 10 September, demand averaged 27.2 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

27.2GW AVERAGEWind3.40 GW12%Hydro0.42 GW2%Solar0.70 GW3%Gas11.65 GW42%Coal0.28 GW1%Imports2.84 GW10%Nuclear8.23 GW30%27.2GW AVERAGE12%42%10%30%
Price
—/MWh
Demand27.2GW
Generation 24.7Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables16%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 10 September 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 30%. Demand peaked at 32.3 GW at 11:35. Wind generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 00:10. Solar generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 12:30. 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 0.702.6%Wind 3.4012.4%Gas 11.6542.3%Hydro 0.421.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.2329.9%Coal 0.281.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.2avgGeneration 24.7avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.3GW · 11:35
Low 19.7 · 04:45Avg 27.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 24.7Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports60GWh
In
60 Out
0
Zero-carbon share52%of generation
Nuclear 33%Hydro 2%Wind 14%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sat 10 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 10 September 2016, Great Britain imported 60 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 10 Sept
Imported
60GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
60GWh
Average net flow
2.52GW 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

Average1.67GWImporting

In 40.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWPumping

Generated 7.8 GWhPumped 8.5 GWh

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