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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 22 March 2016

On Tuesday 22 March, demand averaged 35.7 GW. Renewables supplied 7%.

35.7GW AVERAGEWind0.92 GW3%Hydro0.45 GW1%Solar1.04 GW3%Gas16.46 GW45%Coal6.88 GW19%Imports3.38 GW9%Nuclear7.36 GW20%35.7GW AVERAGE45%19%9%20%
Price
—/MWh
Demand35.7GW
Generation 33.1Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables7%
Other29%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Tuesday 22 March 2016, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 20%. Demand peaked at 44.4 GW at 18:50. Wind generation peaked at 2.0 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 10:30. Gas made 50% 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 1.042.9%Wind 0.922.5%Gas 16.4645.1%Hydro 0.451.2%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.3620.2%Coal 6.8818.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.7avgGeneration 33.1avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.4GW · 18:50
Low 25.3 · 04:25Avg 35.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 33.1Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports65GWh
In
72 Out
7
Zero-carbon share30%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 1%Wind 3%Solar 3%

Transfers · Tue 22 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 22 March 2016, Great Britain imported 72 GWh and exported 7 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (7 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 22 Mar
Imported
72GWh
Exported
7GWh
Net in
65GWh
Average net flow
2.70GW 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

Average0.25GWExporting

In 0.6 GWhOut 6.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 9.5 GWhPumped 11.8 GWh

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