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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 2 January 2022

On Sunday 2 January, demand averaged 28.9 GW. Renewables supplied 54%.

28.9GW AVERAGEWind16.03 GW52%Hydro0.32 GW1%Biomass1.67 GW5%Solar0.34 GW1%Gas3.86 GW12%Imports1.86 GW6%Nuclear6.78 GW22%28.9GW AVERAGE52%12%22%
Price
£36.17/MWh
Day average £36.17
Demand28.9GW
Generation 29.0Transfers −0.1
Fossil fuels12%
Renewables54%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
67g/kWh
0Day average 67300
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Key moments

On Sunday 2 January 2022, wind supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 22%. Demand peaked at 38.3 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 67 g/kWh and the price £36.17/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.9 GW at 20:30. Solar generation peaked at 2.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (44 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (104 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£6.24/MWh at 03:30 to £93.88/MWh at 16:30. The price was below zero for 1.5 hours. Wind made 55% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2022.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.341.1%Wind 16.0351.9%Gas 3.8612.5%Hydro 0.321.0%Biomass 1.675.4%Nuclear 6.7822.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.9avgGeneration 29.0avgTransfers −0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.3GW · 17:25
Low 20.4 · 04:55Avg 28.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 29.0Transfers −0.1 GW
Net imports2GWh
In
34 Out
32
Zero-carbon share81%of generation
Nuclear 23%Hydro 1%Wind 55%Solar 1%

Transfers · Sun 2 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 2 January 2022, Great Britain imported 34 GWh and exported 32 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (13 GWh), and the most exports went to Norway (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 2 Jan
Imported
34GWh
Exported
32GWh
Net in
2GWh
Average net flow
0.08GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.38GWImporting

In 12.9 GWhOut 3.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.13GWExporting

In 5.3 GWhOut 8.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 4.1 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.22GWImporting

In 10.9 GWhOut 5.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.55GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 14.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.19GWPumping

Generated 10.9 GWhPumped 15.4 GWh

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