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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 3 March 2017

On Friday 3 March, demand averaged 36.7 GW. Renewables supplied 15%.

36.7GW AVERAGEWind4.60 GW12%Hydro0.80 GW2%Solar0.34 GW1%Gas17.72 GW47%Coal2.57 GW7%Imports3.52 GW9%Nuclear7.96 GW21%36.7GW AVERAGE12%47%9%21%
Price
£47.62/MWh
Day average £47.62
Demand36.7GW
Generation 34.0Transfers 2.7
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables15%
Other31%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 3 March 2017, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 45.0 GW at 18:05. The price £47.62/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.2 GW at 23:30. Solar generation peaked at 1.3 GW at 13:00. The wholesale price ranged from £34.11/MWh at 00:00 to £88.29/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 52% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.340.9%Wind 4.6012.3%Gas 17.7247.2%Hydro 0.802.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.9621.2%Coal 2.576.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.7avgGeneration 34.0avgTransfers 2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.0GW · 18:05
Low 25.5 · 04:25Avg 36.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 34.0Transfers 2.7 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
75 Out
8
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 2%Wind 14%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 3 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 3 March 2017, Great Britain imported 75 GWh and exported 8 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (8 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 3 Mar
Imported
75GWh
Exported
8GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.82GW 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

Average1.99GWImporting

In 47.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWExporting

In 4.2 GWhOut 7.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 9.3 GWhPumped 11.7 GWh

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