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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 13 March 2019

On Wednesday 13 March, demand averaged 38.0 GW. Renewables supplied 44%.

38.0GW AVERAGEWind15.02 GW39%Hydro0.54 GW1%Biomass1.49 GW4%Solar1.21 GW3%Gas9.61 GW25%Coal0.88 GW2%Imports4.41 GW12%Nuclear5.10 GW13%38.0GW AVERAGE39%25%12%13%
Price
£24.73/MWh
Day average £24.73
Demand38.0GW
Generation 33.8Transfers 4.2
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables44%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
162g/kWh
0Day average 162300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 13 March 2019, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 45.5 GW at 18:35. Carbon intensity averaged 162 g/kWh and the price £24.73/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.2 GW at 11:40. Solar generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 10:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (111 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (223 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £0.00/MWh at 00:00 to £65.24/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 44% 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 1.213.2%Wind 15.0239.3%Gas 9.6125.1%Hydro 0.541.4%Biomass 1.493.9%Nuclear 5.1013.3%Coal 0.882.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.0avgGeneration 33.8avgTransfers 4.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.5GW · 18:35
Low 28.0 · 04:10Avg 38.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 33.8Transfers 4.2 GW
Net imports101GWh
In
101 Out
0
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 44%Solar 4%

Transfers · Wed 13 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 13 March 2019, Great Britain imported 101 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 13 Mar
Imported
101GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
101GWh
Average net flow
4.19GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.81GWImporting

In 43.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.58GWImporting

In 13.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.00GWIdle

Generated 5.3 GWhPumped 5.4 GWh

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