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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 1 October 2016

On Saturday 1 October, demand averaged 28.8 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

28.8GW AVERAGEWind1.25 GW4%Hydro0.54 GW2%Solar0.92 GW3%Gas15.28 GW52%Coal1.31 GW4%Imports2.81 GW10%Nuclear7.22 GW25%28.8GW AVERAGE52%10%25%
Price
£49.30/MWh
Day average £49.30
Demand28.8GW
Generation 26.5Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels52%
Renewables9%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 1 October 2016, gas supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 35.5 GW at 19:15. The price £49.30/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 2.2 GW at 19:50. Solar generation peaked at 3.2 GW at 13:30. The wholesale price ranged from £30.11/MWh at 04:30 to £168.90/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 58% 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 0.923.1%Wind 1.254.3%Gas 15.2852.1%Hydro 0.541.9%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.2224.6%Coal 1.314.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.8avgGeneration 26.5avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.5GW · 19:15
Low 20.7 · 04:40Avg 28.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 26.5Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
58 Out
1
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 2%Wind 5%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sat 1 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 1 October 2016, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (30 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 1 Oct
Imported
58GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.38GW 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

Average1.26GWImporting

In 30.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 4.0 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.98GWImporting

In 23.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 9.8 GWhPumped 11.4 GWh

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