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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 6 March 2019

On Wednesday 6 March, demand averaged 36.9 GW. Renewables supplied 34%.

36.9GW AVERAGEWind11.54 GW31%Hydro0.60 GW2%Biomass1.83 GW5%Solar0.50 GW1%Gas11.67 GW31%Coal0.64 GW2%Imports4.16 GW11%Nuclear6.34 GW17%36.9GW AVERAGE31%31%11%17%
Price
£46.28/MWh
Day average £46.28
Demand36.9GW
Generation 33.1Transfers 3.8
Fossil fuels31%
Renewables34%
Other33%
Carbon intensityModerate
177g/kWh
0Day average 177300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 6 March 2019, gas supplied 31% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 31%. Demand peaked at 44.5 GW at 18:30. Carbon intensity averaged 177 g/kWh and the price £46.28/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.3 GW at 06:25. Solar generation peaked at 1.9 GW at 14:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:00 (112 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (235 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £29.81/MWh at 05:00 to £64.52/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 35% 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 0.501.4%Wind 11.5430.9%Gas 11.6731.3%Hydro 0.601.6%Biomass 1.834.9%Nuclear 6.3417.0%Coal 0.641.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.9avgGeneration 33.1avgTransfers 3.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.5GW · 18:30
Low 26.3 · 04:05Avg 36.90–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 33.1Transfers 3.8 GW
Net imports93GWh
In
94 Out
1
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 2%Wind 35%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 6 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 6 March 2019, Great Britain imported 94 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (45 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 6 Mar
Imported
94GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
93GWh
Average net flow
3.89GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.88GWImporting

In 21.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.88GWImporting

In 45.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.21GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 8.1 GWh

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