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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 1 April 2018

On Sunday 1 April, demand averaged 32.3 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

32.3GW AVERAGEWind2.29 GW7%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass1.78 GW5%Solar0.96 GW3%Gas15.76 GW48%Coal1.40 GW4%Imports2.92 GW9%Nuclear7.46 GW23%32.3GW AVERAGE48%9%23%
Price
£52.11/MWh
Day average £52.11
Demand32.3GW
Generation 29.8Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables10%
Other37%
Carbon intensityHigh
288g/kWh
0Day average 288300
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Key moments

On Sunday 1 April 2018, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 37.2 GW at 20:00. Carbon intensity averaged 288 g/kWh and the price £52.11/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (214 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (317 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £43.00/MWh at 09:00 to £64.61/MWh at 11:30. 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 0.962.9%Wind 2.297.0%Gas 15.7648.1%Hydro 0.200.6%Biomass 1.785.4%Nuclear 7.4622.8%Coal 1.404.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.3avgGeneration 29.8avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.2GW · 20:00
Low 26.0 · 05:15Avg 32.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain92%of demand
Generation 29.8Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports64GWh
In
64 Out
0
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 25%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sun 1 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 1 April 2018, Great Britain imported 64 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 1 Apr
Imported
64GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
64GWh
Average net flow
2.65GW 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

Average1.48GWImporting

In 35.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.25GWImporting

In 6.3 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.1 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 11.7 GWh

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