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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 15 March 2019

On Friday 15 March, demand averaged 36.0 GW. Renewables supplied 42%.

36.0GW AVERAGEWind13.56 GW37%Hydro0.67 GW2%Biomass2.33 GW6%Solar0.96 GW3%Gas9.28 GW25%Coal0.42 GW1%Imports4.10 GW11%Nuclear5.11 GW14%36.0GW AVERAGE37%25%11%14%
Price
£39.20/MWh
Day average £39.20
Demand36.0GW
Generation 32.3Transfers 3.6
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables42%
Other32%
Carbon intensityLow
154g/kWh
0Day average 154300
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Key moments

On Friday 15 March 2019, wind supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 42.4 GW at 11:05. Carbon intensity averaged 154 g/kWh and the price £39.20/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.8 GW at 10:10. Solar generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:00 (104 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (201 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £14.96/MWh at 05:30 to £63.45/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 42% 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 0.962.6%Wind 13.5637.2%Gas 9.2825.5%Hydro 0.671.8%Biomass 2.336.4%Nuclear 5.1114.0%Coal 0.421.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.0avgGeneration 32.3avgTransfers 3.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand42.4GW · 11:05
Low 26.1 · 03:55Avg 36.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 32.3Transfers 3.6 GW
Net imports88GWh
In
92 Out
4
Zero-carbon share63%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 42%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 15 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 15 March 2019, Great Britain imported 92 GWh and exported 4 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (43 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 15 Mar
Imported
92GWh
Exported
4GWh
Net in
88GWh
Average net flow
3.66GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.90GWImporting

In 21.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.81GWImporting

In 43.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.14GWImporting

In 7.3 GWhOut 3.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.82GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 6.0 GWhPumped 6.6 GWh

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