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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 25 March 2022

On Friday 25 March, demand averaged 30.9 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

30.9GW AVERAGEWind1.52 GW5%Hydro0.30 GW1%Biomass0.96 GW3%Solar2.51 GW8%Gas16.45 GW52%Coal1.12 GW4%Imports3.51 GW11%Nuclear5.02 GW16%30.9GW AVERAGE8%52%11%16%
Price
£221.90/MWh
Day average £221.90
Demand30.9GW
Generation 27.9Transfers 3.0
Fossil fuels52%
Renewables14%
Other30%
Carbon intensityHigh
264g/kWh
0Day average 264300
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Key moments

On Friday 25 March 2022, gas supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 36.6 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity averaged 264 g/kWh and the price £221.90/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 2.1 GW at 14:35. Solar generation peaked at 8.7 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (233 g/kWh) and highest at 20:00 (295 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £183.98/MWh at 02:30 to £305.61/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 59% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 41% across 2022.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.518.0%Wind 1.524.9%Gas 16.4552.4%Hydro 0.301.0%Biomass 0.963.1%Nuclear 5.0216.0%Coal 1.123.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.9avgGeneration 27.9avgTransfers 3.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.6GW · 10:30
Low 22.9 · 04:10Avg 30.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.9Transfers 3.0 GW
Net imports73GWh
In
79 Out
7
Zero-carbon share34%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 5%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 25 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 25 March 2022, Great Britain imported 79 GWh and exported 7 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (5 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 25 Mar
Imported
79GWh
Exported
7GWh
Net in
73GWh
Average net flow
3.03GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.81GWImporting

In 19.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.75GWImporting

In 19.2 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.18GWExporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 5.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.95GWImporting

In 22.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 5.0 GWhPumped 6.1 GWh

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