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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 3 January 2022

On Monday 3 January, demand averaged 30.8 GW. Renewables supplied 48%.

30.8GW AVERAGEWind14.75 GW45%Hydro0.62 GW2%Biomass1.65 GW5%Solar0.29 GW1%Gas6.29 GW19%Imports2.30 GW7%Nuclear6.78 GW21%30.8GW AVERAGE45%19%7%21%
Price
£77.43/MWh
Day average £77.43
Demand30.8GW
Generation 30.4Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables48%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
89g/kWh
0Day average 89300
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Key moments

On Monday 3 January 2022, wind supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 21%. Demand peaked at 41.5 GW at 17:25. Carbon intensity averaged 89 g/kWh and the price £77.43/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.2 GW at 06:35. Solar generation peaked at 2.0 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (41 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (139 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£46.14/MWh at 05:00 to £168.23/MWh at 20:00. The price was below zero for 6 hours. Wind made 49% 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 0.290.9%Wind 14.7545.1%Gas 6.2919.3%Hydro 0.621.9%Biomass 1.655.0%Nuclear 6.7820.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.8avgGeneration 30.4avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.5GW · 17:25
Low 21.7 · 04:20Avg 30.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 30.4Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports13GWh
In
45 Out
31
Zero-carbon share74%of generation
Nuclear 22%Hydro 2%Wind 49%Solar 1%

Transfers · Mon 3 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 3 January 2022, Great Britain imported 45 GWh and exported 31 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (17 GWh), and the most exports went to Norway (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 3 Jan
Imported
45GWh
Exported
31GWh
Net in
13GWh
Average net flow
0.56GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.44GWImporting

In 13.9 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.29GWImporting

In 16.8 GWhOut 9.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 3.6 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.06GWImporting

In 7.6 GWhOut 6.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.34GWExporting

In 2.9 GWhOut 11.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 10.4 GWhPumped 13.8 GWh

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