Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 9 March 2018

On Friday 9 March, demand averaged 39.1 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

39.1GW AVERAGEWind3.88 GW10%Hydro0.22 GW1%Biomass1.37 GW3%Solar0.86 GW2%Gas19.64 GW49%Coal4.68 GW12%Imports2.92 GW7%Nuclear6.13 GW15%39.1GW AVERAGE10%49%12%7%15%
Price
£53.64/MWh
Day average £53.64
Demand39.1GW
Generation 36.8Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables13%
Other26%
Carbon intensityVery high
359g/kWh
0Day average 359300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Friday 9 March 2018, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 15%. Demand peaked at 46.1 GW at 18:35. Carbon intensity averaged 359 g/kWh and the price £53.64/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 7.2 GW at 23:50. Solar generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (258 g/kWh) and highest at 16:00 (419 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £44.04/MWh at 02:00 to £77.39/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 53% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2018.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.862.2%Wind 3.889.8%Gas 19.6449.5%Hydro 0.220.6%Biomass 1.373.5%Nuclear 6.1315.4%Coal 4.6811.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 39.1avgGeneration 36.8avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.1GW · 18:35
Low 29.0 · 04:25Avg 39.10–60 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 36.8Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports58GWh
In
61 Out
3
Zero-carbon share30%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 9 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 9 March 2018, Great Britain imported 61 GWh and exported 3 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 9 Mar
Imported
61GWh
Exported
3GWh
Net in
58GWh
Average net flow
2.44GW 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

Average1.50GWImporting

In 35.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.00GWImporting

In 23.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 8.5 GWhPumped 11.7 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.