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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 9 March 2016

On Wednesday 9 March, demand averaged 29.5 GW. Renewables supplied 4%.

29.5GW AVERAGEWind0.94 GW3%Hydro0.39 GW1%Gas14.44 GW48%Coal4.86 GW16%Imports3.22 GW11%Nuclear6.28 GW21%29.5GW AVERAGE48%16%11%21%
Price
—/MWh
Demand29.5GW
Generation 26.9Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables4%
Other32%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 9 March 2016, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 29.5 GW at 23:55. Data for this day starts at 23:55. Wind generation peaked at 0.9 GW at 23:55. Gas made 54% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.000.0%Wind 0.943.1%Gas 14.4447.9%Hydro 0.391.3%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.2820.8%Coal 4.8616.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.5avgGeneration 26.9avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand29.5GW · 23:55
Low 29.5 · 23:55Avg 29.50–30 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 26.9Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports0GWh
In
0 Out
0
Zero-carbon share28%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 1%Wind 4%Solar 0%

Transfers · Wed 9 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 9 March 2016, Great Britain imported 0 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (0 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 9 Mar
Imported
0GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
0GWh
Average net flow
3.22GW 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

Average2.00GWImporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.26GWImporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.67GWPumping

Generated 0.0 GWhPumped 0.1 GWh

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