Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 2 March 2021

On Tuesday 2 March, demand averaged 35.1 GW. Renewables supplied 9%.

35.1GW AVERAGEWind1.65 GW5%Hydro0.48 GW1%Biomass2.92 GW8%Solar0.97 GW3%Gas19.66 GW54%Coal1.60 GW4%Imports5.23 GW14%Nuclear3.81 GW10%35.1GW AVERAGE8%54%14%10%
Price
£80.25/MWh
Day average £80.25
Demand35.1GW
Generation 31.1Transfers 4.0
Fossil fuels54%
Renewables9%
Other33%
Carbon intensityHigh
292g/kWh
0Day average 292300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Tuesday 2 March 2021, gas supplied 54% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 10%. Demand peaked at 42.3 GW at 18:20. Carbon intensity averaged 292 g/kWh and the price £80.25/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 01:25. Solar generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (242 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (329 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £37.68/MWh at 05:30 to £280.68/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 63% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 42% across 2021.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.972.7%Wind 1.654.5%Gas 19.6654.1%Hydro 0.481.3%Biomass 2.928.0%Nuclear 3.8110.5%Coal 1.604.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.1avgGeneration 31.1avgTransfers 4.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand42.3GW · 18:20
Low 25.7 · 04:25Avg 35.10–60 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 31.1Transfers 4.0 GW
Net imports96GWh
In
116 Out
21
Zero-carbon share22%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 2%Wind 5%Solar 3%

Transfers · Tue 2 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 2 March 2021, Great Britain imported 116 GWh and exported 21 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (69 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (21 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 2 Mar
Imported
116GWh
Exported
21GWh
Net in
96GWh
Average net flow
3.98GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.97GWImporting

In 23.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.86GWImporting

In 68.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.86GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.01GWImporting

In 24.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWPumping

Generated 9.2 GWhPumped 9.8 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.