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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 18 March 2016

On Friday 18 March, demand averaged 36.5 GW. Renewables supplied 6%.

36.5GW AVERAGEWind1.51 GW4%Hydro0.44 GW1%Solar0.43 GW1%Gas17.38 GW47%Coal7.61 GW20%Imports3.45 GW9%Nuclear6.34 GW17%36.5GW AVERAGE47%20%9%17%
Price
—/MWh
Demand36.5GW
Generation 33.7Transfers 2.8
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables6%
Other26%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 18 March 2016, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and coal 20%. Demand peaked at 44.7 GW at 18:35. Wind generation peaked at 2.5 GW at 23:35. Solar generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 12:00. Gas made 52% 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 0.431.2%Wind 1.514.1%Gas 17.3846.8%Hydro 0.441.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.3417.1%Coal 7.6120.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.5avgGeneration 33.7avgTransfers 2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.7GW · 18:35
Low 25.7 · 04:25Avg 36.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 33.7Transfers 2.8 GW
Net imports71GWh
In
75 Out
4
Zero-carbon share26%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 4%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 18 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 18 March 2016, Great Britain imported 75 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (46 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 18 Mar
Imported
75GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
71GWh
Average net flow
2.96GW 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

Average1.91GWImporting

In 45.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWImporting

In 5.0 GWhOut 3.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 24.0 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 8.1 GWhPumped 11.8 GWh

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