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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 24 March 2020

On Tuesday 24 March, demand averaged 32.5 GW. Renewables supplied 46%.

32.5GW AVERAGEWind12.25 GW37%Hydro0.52 GW2%Biomass2.69 GW8%Solar2.40 GW7%Gas6.75 GW21%Coal0.24 GW1%Imports3.74 GW11%Nuclear4.26 GW13%32.5GW AVERAGE37%8%7%21%11%13%
Price
£22.75/MWh
Day average £22.75
Demand32.5GW
Generation 29.1Transfers 3.4
Fossil fuels21%
Renewables46%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
130g/kWh
0Day average 130300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 24 March 2020, wind supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 21%. Demand peaked at 39.1 GW at 19:00. Carbon intensity averaged 130 g/kWh and the price £22.75/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.9 GW at 04:55. Solar generation peaked at 8.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:00 (99 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (182 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £15.30/MWh at 12:30 to £37.74/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 42% 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 2.407.3%Wind 12.2537.3%Gas 6.7520.6%Hydro 0.521.6%Biomass 2.698.2%Nuclear 4.2613.0%Coal 0.240.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.5avgGeneration 29.1avgTransfers 3.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.1GW · 19:00
Low 25.1 · 04:45Avg 32.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 29.1Transfers 3.4 GW
Net imports86GWh
In
86 Out
0
Zero-carbon share67%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 42%Solar 8%

Transfers · Tue 24 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 24 March 2020, Great Britain imported 86 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 24 Mar
Imported
86GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
86GWh
Average net flow
3.57GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.79GWImporting

In 19.0 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

Average0.29GWImporting

In 7.0 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.73GWImporting

In 17.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 3.8 GWhPumped 7.3 GWh

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