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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 21 January 2022

On Friday 21 January, demand averaged 38.5 GW. Renewables supplied 23%.

38.5GW AVERAGEWind8.53 GW22%Hydro0.32 GW1%Biomass2.56 GW6%Solar0.44 GW1%Gas19.07 GW48%Coal0.73 GW2%Imports2.90 GW7%Nuclear5.13 GW13%38.5GW AVERAGE22%48%7%13%
Price
£160.99/MWh
Day average £160.99
Demand38.5GW
Generation 36.8Transfers 1.7
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables23%
Other27%
Carbon intensityHigh
227g/kWh
0Day average 227300
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Key moments

On Friday 21 January 2022, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 22%. Demand peaked at 46.2 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 227 g/kWh and the price £160.99/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.4 GW at 14:55. Solar generation peaked at 2.4 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (177 g/kWh) and highest at 18:30 (252 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £111.59/MWh at 05:00 to £203.18/MWh at 10:00. Gas made 52% 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 0.441.1%Wind 8.5321.5%Gas 19.0748.1%Hydro 0.320.8%Biomass 2.566.4%Nuclear 5.1312.9%Coal 0.731.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.5avgGeneration 36.8avgTransfers 1.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand46.2GW · 17:20
Low 27.9 · 04:25Avg 38.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain96%of demand
Generation 36.8Transfers 1.7 GW
Net imports46GWh
In
65 Out
19
Zero-carbon share39%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 23%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 21 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 21 January 2022, Great Britain imported 65 GWh and exported 19 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (23 GWh), and the most exports went to France (14 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 21 Jan
Imported
65GWh
Exported
19GWh
Net in
46GWh
Average net flow
1.93GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.39GWExporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 13.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWExporting

In 3.6 GWhOut 4.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.72GWImporting

In 17.4 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 4.5 GWhPumped 9.6 GWh

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