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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 26 March 2021

On Friday 26 March, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind15.31 GW45%Hydro0.56 GW2%Biomass2.35 GW7%Solar1.32 GW4%Gas6.30 GW19%Imports3.26 GW10%Nuclear4.66 GW14%32.8GW AVERAGE45%19%10%14%
Price
£46.53/MWh
Day average £46.53
Demand32.8GW
Generation 30.5Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables51%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
98g/kWh
0Day average 98300
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Key moments

On Friday 26 March 2021, wind supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 39.6 GW at 18:50. Carbon intensity averaged 98 g/kWh and the price £46.53/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.1 GW at 13:00. Solar generation peaked at 4.7 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (63 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (151 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £10.15/MWh at 04:30 to £71.37/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 50% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 25% across 2021.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.323.9%Wind 15.3145.4%Gas 6.3018.6%Hydro 0.561.6%Biomass 2.356.9%Nuclear 4.6613.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 30.5avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.6GW · 18:50
Low 23.5 · 04:25Avg 32.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 30.5Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports57GWh
In
73 Out
17
Zero-carbon share72%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 50%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 26 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 26 March 2021, Great Britain imported 73 GWh and exported 17 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (44 GWh), and the most exports went to France (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 26 Mar
Imported
73GWh
Exported
17GWh
Net in
57GWh
Average net flow
2.37GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.62GWImporting

In 17.0 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.21GWImporting

In 43.6 GWhOut 14.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.54GWImporting

In 12.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.11GWPumping

Generated 4.9 GWhPumped 7.5 GWh

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