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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 1 March 2019

On Friday 1 March, demand averaged 35.5 GW. Renewables supplied 10%.

35.5GW AVERAGEWind2.79 GW8%Hydro0.52 GW1%Biomass2.00 GW6%Solar0.48 GW1%Gas19.15 GW53%Coal0.82 GW2%Imports4.12 GW11%Nuclear6.14 GW17%35.5GW AVERAGE8%53%11%17%
Price
£50.14/MWh
Day average £50.14
Demand35.5GW
Generation 31.9Transfers 3.7
Fossil fuels53%
Renewables10%
Other34%
Carbon intensityHigh
278g/kWh
0Day average 278300
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Key moments

On Friday 1 March 2019, gas supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 17%. Demand peaked at 42.6 GW at 18:05. Carbon intensity averaged 278 g/kWh and the price £50.14/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 23:45. Solar generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (211 g/kWh) and highest at 07:30 (317 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £39.53/MWh at 01:30 to £66.15/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 60% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2019.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.481.3%Wind 2.797.7%Gas 19.1553.2%Hydro 0.521.4%Biomass 2.005.6%Nuclear 6.1417.1%Coal 0.822.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.5avgGeneration 31.9avgTransfers 3.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand42.6GW · 18:05
Low 25.3 · 04:05Avg 35.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 31.9Transfers 3.7 GW
Net imports89GWh
In
93 Out
4
Zero-carbon share31%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 2%Wind 9%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 1 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 1 March 2019, Great Britain imported 93 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (47 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 1 Mar
Imported
93GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
89GWh
Average net flow
3.73GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.86GWImporting

In 20.9 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.98GWImporting

In 47.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.12GWExporting

In 0.8 GWhOut 3.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.01GWImporting

In 24.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 6.9 GWh

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