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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 19 March 2016

On Saturday 19 March, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind2.25 GW7%Hydro0.36 GW1%Solar0.47 GW1%Gas14.58 GW44%Coal5.33 GW16%Imports3.55 GW11%Nuclear6.77 GW20%32.8GW AVERAGE44%16%11%20%
Price
—/MWh
Demand32.8GW
Generation 29.8Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables9%
Other31%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 19 March 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 40.4 GW at 18:35. Wind generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 00:50. Solar generation peaked at 1.7 GW at 12:30. Gas made 49% 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 0.471.4%Wind 2.256.8%Gas 14.5843.8%Hydro 0.361.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.7720.3%Coal 5.3316.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 29.8avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.4GW · 18:35
Low 24.3 · 04:20Avg 32.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 29.8Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports76GWh
In
77 Out
2
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 2%

Transfers · Sat 19 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 19 March 2016, Great Britain imported 77 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 19 Mar
Imported
77GWh
Exported
2GWh
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

Average2.00GWImporting

In 47.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 5.3 GWhOut 1.6 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

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 8.0 GWhPumped 11.1 GWh

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