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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 11 March 2019

On Monday 11 March, demand averaged 37.4 GW. Renewables supplied 41%.

37.4GW AVERAGEWind13.04 GW34%Hydro0.52 GW1%Biomass1.88 GW5%Solar1.90 GW5%Gas10.47 GW28%Coal0.91 GW2%Imports3.99 GW11%Nuclear5.28 GW14%37.4GW AVERAGE34%28%11%14%
Price
£46.31/MWh
Day average £46.31
Demand37.4GW
Generation 34.0Transfers 3.4
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables41%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
168g/kWh
0Day average 168300
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Key moments

On Monday 11 March 2019, wind supplied 34% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 45.3 GW at 18:30. Carbon intensity averaged 168 g/kWh and the price £46.31/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.9 GW at 02:20. Solar generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:30 (96 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (249 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £29.45/MWh at 23:30 to £65.16/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 38% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 22% across 2019.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.905.0%Wind 13.0434.3%Gas 10.4727.6%Hydro 0.521.4%Biomass 1.885.0%Nuclear 5.2813.9%Coal 0.912.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.4avgGeneration 34.0avgTransfers 3.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.3GW · 18:30
Low 26.6 · 03:55Avg 37.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 34.0Transfers 3.4 GW
Net imports86GWh
In
91 Out
6
Zero-carbon share61%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 38%Solar 6%

Transfers · Mon 11 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 11 March 2019, Great Britain imported 91 GWh and exported 6 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (6 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 11 Mar
Imported
91GWh
Exported
6GWh
Net in
86GWh
Average net flow
3.57GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.86GWImporting

In 20.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.80GWImporting

In 43.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 7.8 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.19GWPumping

Generated 4.6 GWhPumped 9.1 GWh

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