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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 30 December 2016

On Friday 30 December, demand averaged 34.3 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

34.3GW AVERAGEWind5.93 GW17%Hydro0.89 GW3%Solar0.30 GW1%Gas14.74 GW42%Coal3.55 GW10%Imports1.91 GW5%Nuclear7.82 GW22%34.3GW AVERAGE17%42%10%22%
Price
£47.92/MWh
Day average £47.92
Demand34.3GW
Generation 33.2Transfers 1.0
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables20%
Other28%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 30 December 2016, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 43.7 GW at 17:20. The price £47.92/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 19:40. Solar generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 11:30. The wholesale price ranged from £40.22/MWh at 02:30 to £64.44/MWh at 17:00. Gas made 44% 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 0.300.9%Wind 5.9316.9%Gas 14.7441.9%Hydro 0.892.5%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.8222.3%Coal 3.5510.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.3avgGeneration 33.2avgTransfers 1.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.7GW · 17:20
Low 24.6 · 04:25Avg 34.30–60 GW
Made in Great Britain97%of demand
Generation 33.2Transfers 1.0 GW
Net imports31GWh
In
40 Out
9
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 3%Wind 18%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 30 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 30 December 2016, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 9 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to France (8 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 30 Dec
Imported
40GWh
Exported
9GWh
Net in
31GWh
Average net flow
1.28GW 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

Average0.00GWIdle

In 8.1 GWhOut 8.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.31GWImporting

In 8.1 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.98GWImporting

In 23.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.25GWPumping

Generated 6.3 GWhPumped 12.2 GWh

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