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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 16 June 2018

On Saturday 16 June, demand averaged 27.5 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

27.5GW AVERAGEWind5.43 GW19%Hydro0.15 GW1%Biomass0.85 GW3%Solar1.73 GW6%Gas9.41 GW34%Coal0.10 GW0%Imports3.25 GW12%Nuclear6.95 GW25%27.5GW AVERAGE19%34%12%25%
Price
£47.50/MWh
Day average £47.50
Demand27.5GW
Generation 24.6Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels34%
Renewables26%
Other40%
Carbon intensityModerate
202g/kWh
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Key moments

On Saturday 16 June 2018, gas supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 25%. Demand peaked at 32.8 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 202 g/kWh and the price £47.50/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.3 GW at 18:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 18:30 (169 g/kWh) and highest at 01:30 (241 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £38.23/MWh at 08:00 to £59.18/MWh at 00:00. Gas made 38% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2018.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.736.2%Wind 5.4319.5%Gas 9.4133.8%Hydro 0.150.5%Biomass 0.853.1%Nuclear 6.9524.9%Coal 0.100.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.5avgGeneration 24.6avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.8GW · 12:00
Low 20.6 · 04:55Avg 27.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 24.6Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
73 Out
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Zero-carbon share58%of generation
Nuclear 28%Hydro 1%Wind 22%Solar 7%

Transfers · Sat 16 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 16 June 2018, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (41 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 16 Jun
Imported
73GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.02GW 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

Average1.72GWImporting

In 41.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.49GWImporting

In 11.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 9.3 GWh

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