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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 7 January 2022

On Friday 7 January, demand averaged 37.8 GW. Renewables supplied 38%.

37.8GW AVERAGEWind13.63 GW36%Hydro0.64 GW2%Biomass2.75 GW7%Solar0.44 GW1%Gas11.02 GW29%Imports4.38 GW11%Nuclear5.52 GW14%37.8GW AVERAGE36%7%29%11%14%
Price
£193.35/MWh
Day average £193.35
Demand37.8GW
Generation 34.0Transfers 3.8
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables38%
Other33%
Carbon intensityModerate
137g/kWh
0Day average 137300
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Key moments

On Friday 7 January 2022, wind supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 29%. Demand peaked at 45.8 GW at 16:45. Carbon intensity averaged 137 g/kWh and the price £193.35/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.2 GW at 06:30. Solar generation peaked at 2.8 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (69 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (186 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £104.56/MWh at 01:00 to £255.00/MWh at 17:00. Wind made 40% 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 0.441.2%Wind 13.6335.5%Gas 11.0228.7%Hydro 0.641.7%Biomass 2.757.2%Nuclear 5.5214.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.8avgGeneration 34.0avgTransfers 3.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.8GW · 16:45
Low 27.0 · 04:25Avg 37.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 34.0Transfers 3.8 GW
Net imports93GWh
In
97 Out
5
Zero-carbon share59%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 40%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 7 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 7 January 2022, Great Britain imported 97 GWh and exported 5 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (31 GWh), and the most exports went to France (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 7 Jan
Imported
97GWh
Exported
5GWh
Net in
93GWh
Average net flow
3.86GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.86GWImporting

In 20.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.20GWImporting

In 31.2 GWhOut 2.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.18GWImporting

In 6.5 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.68GWImporting

In 16.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 7.9 GWhPumped 9.3 GWh

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