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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 12 March 2020

On Thursday 12 March, demand averaged 37.0 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

37.0GW AVERAGEWind16.41 GW44%Hydro0.78 GW2%Biomass1.32 GW4%Solar1.88 GW5%Gas8.29 GW22%Imports3.76 GW10%Nuclear4.81 GW13%37.0GW AVERAGE44%22%10%13%
Price
£28.31/MWh
Day average £28.31
Demand37.0GW
Generation 33.5Transfers 3.5
Fossil fuels22%
Renewables51%
Other27%
Carbon intensityLow
122g/kWh
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Key moments

On Thursday 12 March 2020, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 22%. Demand peaked at 44.5 GW at 18:45. Carbon intensity averaged 122 g/kWh and the price £28.31/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.7 GW at 09:35. Solar generation peaked at 6.8 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 02:30 (80 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (172 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£19.27/MWh at 03:30 to £48.36/MWh at 18:30. The price was below zero for 2.5 hours. Wind made 49% 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 1.885.0%Wind 16.4144.0%Gas 8.2922.2%Hydro 0.782.1%Biomass 1.323.6%Nuclear 4.8112.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.0avgGeneration 33.5avgTransfers 3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.5GW · 18:45
Low 26.4 · 04:30Avg 37.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 33.5Transfers 3.5 GW
Net imports85GWh
In
86 Out
1
Zero-carbon share71%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 2%Wind 49%Solar 6%

Transfers · Thu 12 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 12 March 2020, Great Britain imported 86 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 12 Mar
Imported
86GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
85GWh
Average net flow
3.56GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.73GWImporting

In 41.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.33GWImporting

In 8.5 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.68GWImporting

In 16.7 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.08GWPumping

Generated 4.0 GWhPumped 6.1 GWh

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