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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 27 March 2022

On Sunday 27 March, demand averaged 27.8 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

27.8GW AVERAGEWind1.73 GW6%Hydro0.24 GW1%Biomass0.89 GW3%Solar1.92 GW7%Gas13.60 GW48%Coal0.75 GW3%Imports4.05 GW14%Nuclear5.04 GW18%27.8GW AVERAGE48%14%18%
Price
£182.10/MWh
Day average £182.10
Demand27.8GW
Generation 24.2Transfers 3.6
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables14%
Other35%
Carbon intensityHigh
240g/kWh
0Day average 240300
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Key moments

On Sunday 27 March 2022, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 33.0 GW at 20:05. Carbon intensity averaged 240 g/kWh and the price £182.10/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 6.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:00 (206 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (289 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £140.42/MWh at 05:30 to £237.56/MWh at 20:00. Gas made 56% 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 1.926.8%Wind 1.736.1%Gas 13.6048.2%Hydro 0.240.8%Biomass 0.893.1%Nuclear 5.0417.9%Coal 0.752.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.8avgGeneration 24.2avgTransfers 3.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.0GW · 20:05
Low 17.9 · 02:35Avg 27.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain87%of demand
Generation 24.2Transfers 3.6 GW
Net imports86GWh
In
91 Out
5
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 21%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sun 27 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 27 March 2022, Great Britain imported 91 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (37 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (4 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 27 Mar
Imported
91GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
86GWh
Average net flow
3.76GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.78GWImporting

In 18.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.58GWImporting

In 36.8 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.17GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 4.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.88GWImporting

In 20.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.68GWImporting

In 15.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 2.2 GWhPumped 5.4 GWh

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