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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 1 January 2022

On Saturday 1 January, demand averaged 27.3 GW. Renewables supplied 55%.

27.3GW AVERAGEWind15.72 GW53%Hydro0.29 GW1%Biomass1.54 GW5%Solar0.29 GW1%Gas3.48 GW12%Imports1.51 GW5%Nuclear6.80 GW23%27.3GW AVERAGE53%12%23%
Price
£17.10/MWh
Day average £17.10
Demand27.3GW
Generation 28.1Transfers −0.9
Fossil fuels12%
Renewables55%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
62g/kWh
0Day average 62300
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Key moments

On Saturday 1 January 2022, wind supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 23%. Demand peaked at 35.3 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 62 g/kWh and the price £17.10/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.5 GW at 12:20. Solar generation peaked at 1.6 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 07:00 (45 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (86 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£64.47/MWh at 05:00 to £76.92/MWh at 18:00. The price was below zero for 6.5 hours. Wind made 56% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2022.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.291.0%Wind 15.7253.1%Gas 3.4811.7%Hydro 0.291.0%Biomass 1.545.2%Nuclear 6.8023.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.3avgGeneration 28.1avgTransfers −0.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.3GW · 17:20
Low 20.5 · 05:25Avg 27.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain103%of demand
Generation 28.1Transfers −0.9 GW
Net exports15GWh
In
26 Out
41
Zero-carbon share82%of generation
Nuclear 24%Hydro 1%Wind 56%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sat 1 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 1 January 2022, Great Britain imported 26 GWh and exported 41 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (10 GWh), and the most exports went to France (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 1 Jan
Imported
26GWh
Exported
41GWh
Net out
15GWh
Average net flow
0.63GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.11GWImporting

In 10.0 GWhOut 7.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.45GWExporting

In 1.8 GWhOut 12.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 5.1 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.19GWExporting

In 5.1 GWhOut 9.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.26GWExporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 9.7 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.22GWPumping

Generated 10.6 GWhPumped 15.9 GWh

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