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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 2 March 2018

On Friday 2 March, demand averaged 44.6 GW. Renewables supplied 33%.

44.6GW AVERAGEWind14.09 GW31%Hydro0.57 GW1%Biomass1.44 GW3%Solar0.26 GW1%Gas9.01 GW20%Coal10.16 GW22%Imports3.25 GW7%Nuclear6.50 GW14%44.6GW AVERAGE31%20%22%7%14%
Price
£148.52/MWh
Day average £148.52
Demand44.6GW
Generation 42.0Transfers 2.6
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables33%
Other25%
Carbon intensityHigh
346g/kWh
0Day average 346300
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Key moments

On Friday 2 March 2018, wind supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and coal 22%. Demand peaked at 53.2 GW at 18:00. Carbon intensity averaged 346 g/kWh and the price £148.52/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.6 GW at 03:30. Solar generation peaked at 1.0 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 06:30 (324 g/kWh) and highest at 22:30 (355 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £56.31/MWh at 23:30 to £235.67/MWh at 11:00. Wind made 34% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 19% across 2018.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.260.6%Wind 14.0931.1%Gas 9.0119.9%Hydro 0.571.3%Biomass 1.443.2%Nuclear 6.5014.4%Coal 10.1622.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 44.6avgGeneration 42.0avgTransfers 2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand53.2GW · 18:00
Low 34.2 · 04:25Avg 44.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 42.0Transfers 2.6 GW
Net imports66GWh
In
66 Out
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Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 34%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 2 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 2 March 2018, Great Britain imported 66 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 2 Mar
Imported
66GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
66GWh
Average net flow
2.75GW 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

Average1.92GWImporting

In 46.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 3.6 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 11.6 GWhPumped 15.8 GWh

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