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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 8 March 2024

On Friday 8 March, demand averaged 34.0 GW. Renewables supplied 55%.

34.0GW AVERAGEWind16.95 GW49%Hydro0.42 GW1%Biomass0.59 GW2%Solar1.62 GW5%Gas4.70 GW14%Coal0.35 GW1%Imports6.67 GW19%Nuclear3.13 GW9%34.0GW AVERAGE49%14%19%9%
Price
£63.62/MWh
Day average £63.62
Demand34.0GW
Generation 27.8Transfers 6.2
Fossil fuels14%
Renewables55%
Other30%
Carbon intensityLow
77g/kWh
0Day average 77300
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Key moments

On Friday 8 March 2024, wind supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 14%. Demand peaked at 40.1 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity averaged 77 g/kWh and the price £63.62/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 19.2 GW at 14:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.2 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:30 (50 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (102 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £35.86/MWh at 23:30 to £90.16/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 61% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 35% across 2024.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.624.7%Wind 16.9549.2%Gas 4.7013.6%Hydro 0.421.2%Biomass 0.591.7%Nuclear 3.139.1%Coal 0.351.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.0avgGeneration 27.8avgTransfers 6.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.1GW · 10:30
Low 25.3 · 04:20Avg 34.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain82%of demand
Generation 27.8Transfers 6.2 GW
Net imports149GWh
In
155 Out
6
Zero-carbon share80%of generation
Nuclear 11%Hydro 2%Wind 61%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 8 Mar

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 8 March 2024, Great Britain imported 155 GWh and exported 6 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (82 GWh), and the most exports went to Denmark (3 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 8 Mar
Imported
155GWh
Exported
6GWh
Net in
149GWh
Average net flow
6.19GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.4 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.28GWImporting

In 9.8 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.43GWImporting

In 82.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWExporting

In 1.8 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.74GWImporting

In 18.3 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.12GWImporting

In 27.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWGenerating

Generated 5.5 GWhPumped 4.9 GWh

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