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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 23 September 2016

On Friday 23 September, demand averaged 30.3 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

30.3GW AVERAGEWind4.18 GW14%Hydro0.36 GW1%Solar1.74 GW6%Gas14.63 GW47%Coal0.20 GW1%Imports1.85 GW6%Nuclear7.88 GW26%30.3GW AVERAGE14%47%26%
Price
£34.60/MWh
Day average £34.60
Demand30.3GW
Generation 29.0Transfers 1.3
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables20%
Other32%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 23 September 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 26%. Demand peaked at 36.4 GW at 10:30. The price £34.60/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.4 GW at 21:15. Solar generation peaked at 6.1 GW at 12:00. The wholesale price ranged from £24.47/MWh at 03:00 to £55.30/MWh at 19:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.745.6%Wind 4.1813.6%Gas 14.6347.4%Hydro 0.361.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8825.6%Coal 0.200.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.3avgGeneration 29.0avgTransfers 1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.4GW · 10:30
Low 20.3 · 03:50Avg 30.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 29.0Transfers 1.3 GW
Net imports33GWh
In
39 Out
6
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 1%Wind 14%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 23 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 23 September 2016, Great Britain imported 39 GWh and exported 6 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (24 GWh), and the most exports went to France (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 23 Sept
Imported
39GWh
Exported
6GWh
Net in
33GWh
Average net flow
1.37GW 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

Average0.13GWImporting

In 9.0 GWhOut 5.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.24GWImporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.99GWImporting

In 23.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 5.8 GWhPumped 7.6 GWh

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