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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 7 March 2020

On Saturday 7 March, demand averaged 33.7 GW. Renewables supplied 43%.

33.7GW AVERAGEWind13.06 GW39%Hydro0.58 GW2%Biomass1.07 GW3%Solar0.76 GW2%Gas8.68 GW26%Coal1.06 GW3%Imports3.77 GW11%Nuclear4.79 GW14%33.7GW AVERAGE39%26%11%14%
Price
£25.08/MWh
Day average £25.08
Demand33.7GW
Generation 30.0Transfers 3.7
Fossil fuels26%
Renewables43%
Other29%
Carbon intensityModerate
176g/kWh
0Day average 176300
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Key moments

On Saturday 7 March 2020, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 26%. Demand peaked at 40.9 GW at 18:25. Carbon intensity averaged 176 g/kWh and the price £25.08/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.6 GW at 18:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (89 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (284 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£8.92/MWh at 23:30 to £40.05/MWh at 00:30. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 44% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 27% across 2020.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.762.3%Wind 13.0638.7%Gas 8.6825.7%Hydro 0.581.7%Biomass 1.073.2%Nuclear 4.7914.2%Coal 1.063.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.7avgGeneration 30.0avgTransfers 3.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.9GW · 18:25
Low 25.5 · 04:25Avg 33.70–60 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 30.0Transfers 3.7 GW
Net imports87GWh
In
87 Out
0
Zero-carbon share64%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 44%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sat 7 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 7 March 2020, Great Britain imported 87 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 7 Mar
Imported
87GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
87GWh
Average net flow
3.61GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.65GWImporting

In 15.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.77GWImporting

In 42.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.57GWImporting

In 13.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.63GWImporting

In 15.3 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWGenerating

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 1.6 GWh

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