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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 11 September 2016

On Sunday 11 September, demand averaged 25.8 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

25.8GW AVERAGEWind4.04 GW15%Hydro0.32 GW1%Solar2.10 GW8%Gas9.20 GW35%Coal0.28 GW1%Imports1.99 GW8%Nuclear8.32 GW32%25.8GW AVERAGE15%8%35%8%32%
Price
—/MWh
Demand25.8GW
Generation 24.3Transfers 1.6
Fossil fuels35%
Renewables25%
Other39%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Sunday 11 September 2016, gas supplied 35% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 32%. Demand peaked at 32.5 GW at 20:00. Wind generation peaked at 5.8 GW at 16:55. Solar generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 12:00. Gas made 38% 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 2.108.0%Wind 4.0415.4%Gas 9.2035.1%Hydro 0.321.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.3231.7%Coal 0.281.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.8avgGeneration 24.3avgTransfers 1.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.5GW · 20:00
Low 18.3 · 04:40Avg 25.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 24.3Transfers 1.6 GW
Net imports44GWh
In
44 Out
0
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 34%Hydro 1%Wind 17%Solar 9%

Transfers · Sun 11 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 11 September 2016, Great Britain imported 44 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (25 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 11 Sept
Imported
44GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
44GWh
Average net flow
1.84GW 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

Average1.04GWImporting

In 25.2 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.27GWPumping

Generated 3.4 GWhPumped 9.8 GWh

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