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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 19 January 2022

On Wednesday 19 January, demand averaged 37.5 GW. Renewables supplied 39%.

37.5GW AVERAGEWind14.29 GW36%Hydro0.33 GW1%Biomass1.66 GW4%Solar0.68 GW2%Gas14.83 GW37%Coal0.17 GW0%Imports2.54 GW6%Nuclear5.10 GW13%37.5GW AVERAGE36%37%13%
Price
£174.58/MWh
Day average £174.58
Demand37.5GW
Generation 37.1Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels37%
Renewables39%
Other23%
Carbon intensityModerate
167g/kWh
0Day average 167300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 19 January 2022, gas supplied 37% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 36%. Demand peaked at 45.6 GW at 17:40. Carbon intensity averaged 167 g/kWh and the price £174.58/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.3 GW at 13:30. Solar generation peaked at 3.5 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:30 (121 g/kWh) and highest at 19:00 (203 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £112.12/MWh at 06:30 to £224.99/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 40% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 41% across 2022.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.681.7%Wind 14.2936.1%Gas 14.8337.5%Hydro 0.330.8%Biomass 1.664.2%Nuclear 5.1012.9%Coal 0.170.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 37.5avgGeneration 37.1avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.6GW · 17:40
Low 26.7 · 04:00Avg 37.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 37.1Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports15GWh
In
56 Out
41
Zero-carbon share55%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 39%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 19 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 19 January 2022, Great Britain imported 56 GWh and exported 41 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (20 GWh), and the most exports went to France (38 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 19 Jan
Imported
56GWh
Exported
41GWh
Net in
15GWh
Average net flow
0.62GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.57GWImporting

In 15.9 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.57GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 37.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 7.2 GWhOut 0.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWImporting

In 20.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.51GWImporting

In 12.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 9.7 GWh

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