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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 14 March 2020

On Saturday 14 March, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind13.17 GW40%Hydro0.79 GW2%Biomass2.20 GW7%Solar0.84 GW3%Gas7.85 GW24%Imports3.73 GW11%Nuclear4.44 GW13%32.8GW AVERAGE40%24%11%13%
Price
£26.92/MWh
Day average £26.92
Demand32.8GW
Generation 29.3Transfers 3.5
Fossil fuels24%
Renewables45%
Other31%
Carbon intensityLow
135g/kWh
0Day average 135300
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Key moments

On Saturday 14 March 2020, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 24%. Demand peaked at 40.0 GW at 18:30. Carbon intensity averaged 135 g/kWh and the price £26.92/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.2 GW at 23:05. Solar generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (77 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (156 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £1.95/MWh at 23:30 to £39.40/MWh at 00:30. Wind made 45% 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 0.842.5%Wind 13.1739.9%Gas 7.8523.8%Hydro 0.792.4%Biomass 2.206.7%Nuclear 4.4413.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 29.3avgTransfers 3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.0GW · 18:30
Low 25.0 · 04:50Avg 32.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 29.3Transfers 3.5 GW
Net imports83GWh
In
84 Out
1
Zero-carbon share66%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 3%Wind 45%Solar 3%

Transfers · Sat 14 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 14 March 2020, Great Britain imported 84 GWh and exported 1 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (36 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (1 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 14 Mar
Imported
84GWh
Exported
1GWh
Net in
83GWh
Average net flow
3.44GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.50GWImporting

In 36.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.25GWImporting

In 7.5 GWhOut 1.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.85GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWGenerating

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 4.0 GWh

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