Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 25 March 2017

On Saturday 25 March, demand averaged 30.1 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

30.1GW AVERAGEWind3.11 GW10%Hydro0.94 GW3%Solar2.33 GW8%Gas13.04 GW42%Coal0.79 GW3%Imports3.26 GW11%Nuclear7.29 GW24%30.1GW AVERAGE10%8%42%11%24%
Price
£42.61/MWh
Day average £42.61
Demand30.1GW
Generation 27.5Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables21%
Other34%
Carbon intensity
—
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Records set on this day

All records

Key moments

On Saturday 25 March 2017, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 24%. Demand peaked at 36.9 GW at 19:00. The price £42.61/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 3.4 GW at 14:45. Solar generation peaked at 7.7 GW at 12:00. The wholesale price ranged from £32.11/MWh at 14:00 to £78.68/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 47% 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 2.337.6%Wind 3.1110.1%Gas 13.0442.4%Hydro 0.943.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.2923.7%Coal 0.792.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.1avgGeneration 27.5avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.9GW · 19:00
Low 23.6 · 04:25Avg 30.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 27.5Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
72 Out
4
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 27%Hydro 3%Wind 11%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sat 25 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 25 March 2017, Great Britain imported 72 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

Sat 25 Mar
Imported
72GWh
Exported
4GWh
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

Average1.94GWImporting

In 46.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWExporting

In 2.2 GWhOut 4.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 6.2 GWhPumped 11.6 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.