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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 17 March 2016

On Thursday 17 March, demand averaged 36.1 GW. Renewables supplied 8%.

36.1GW AVERAGEWind1.00 GW3%Hydro0.45 GW1%Solar1.48 GW4%Gas16.90 GW46%Coal6.95 GW19%Imports3.62 GW10%Nuclear6.18 GW17%36.1GW AVERAGE46%19%10%17%
Price
—/MWh
Demand36.1GW
Generation 33.0Transfers 3.1
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables8%
Other27%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Thursday 17 March 2016, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and coal 19%. Demand peaked at 44.8 GW at 18:55. Wind generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 5.3 GW at 12:00. Gas made 51% 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 1.484.0%Wind 1.002.7%Gas 16.9046.2%Hydro 0.451.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.1816.9%Coal 6.9519.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.1avgGeneration 33.0avgTransfers 3.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.8GW · 18:55
Low 26.1 · 04:25Avg 36.10–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 33.0Transfers 3.1 GW
Net imports76GWh
In
77 Out
1
Zero-carbon share28%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 3%Solar 4%

Transfers · Thu 17 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 17 March 2016, Great Britain imported 77 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 17 Mar
Imported
77GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
76GWh
Average net flow
3.15GW 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

Average1.96GWImporting

In 47.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.20GWImporting

In 5.9 GWhOut 1.1 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

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 10.1 GWhPumped 11.3 GWh

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