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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 21 March 2016

On Monday 21 March, demand averaged 35.4 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

35.4GW AVERAGEWind2.50 GW7%Hydro0.35 GW1%Solar0.89 GW2%Gas15.61 GW44%Coal6.15 GW17%Imports3.15 GW9%Nuclear7.19 GW20%35.4GW AVERAGE44%17%9%20%
Price
—/MWh
Demand35.4GW
Generation 32.7Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables10%
Other29%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Monday 21 March 2016, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 44.9 GW at 18:45. Wind generation peaked at 3.4 GW at 15:05. Solar generation peaked at 3.6 GW at 10:30. Gas made 48% 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 0.892.5%Wind 2.507.0%Gas 15.6143.6%Hydro 0.351.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1920.1%Coal 6.1517.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.4avgGeneration 32.7avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.9GW · 18:45
Low 24.1 · 04:20Avg 35.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 32.7Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports67GWh
In
67 Out
1
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 3%

Transfers · Mon 21 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 21 March 2016, Great Britain imported 67 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 21 Mar
Imported
67GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
67GWh
Average net flow
2.78GW 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 48.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.01GWExporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.80GWImporting

In 19.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 8.2 GWhPumped 10.4 GWh

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