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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 3 February 2022

On Thursday 3 February, demand averaged 35.4 GW. Renewables supplied 42%.

35.4GW AVERAGEWind14.56 GW39%Hydro0.47 GW1%Biomass2.67 GW7%Solar0.44 GW1%Gas10.86 GW29%Coal0.79 GW2%Imports2.27 GW6%Nuclear5.10 GW14%35.4GW AVERAGE39%7%29%14%
Price
£149.01/MWh
Day average £149.01
Demand35.4GW
Generation 34.9Transfers 0.5
Fossil fuels29%
Renewables42%
Other27%
Carbon intensityModerate
151g/kWh
0Day average 151300
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Key moments

On Thursday 3 February 2022, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 29%. Demand peaked at 44.3 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 151 g/kWh and the price £149.01/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.0 GW at 21:10. Solar generation peaked at 2.0 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (67 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (188 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £112.90/MWh at 06:30 to £186.46/MWh at 17:30. Wind made 42% 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 14.5639.2%Gas 10.8629.2%Hydro 0.471.3%Biomass 2.677.2%Nuclear 5.1013.7%Coal 0.792.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.4avgGeneration 34.9avgTransfers 0.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.3GW · 17:30
Low 24.8 · 04:00Avg 35.40–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 34.9Transfers 0.5 GW
Net imports10GWh
In
49 Out
39
Zero-carbon share59%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 42%Solar 1%

Transfers · Thu 3 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 3 February 2022, Great Britain imported 49 GWh and exported 39 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (33 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 3 Feb
Imported
49GWh
Exported
39GWh
Net in
10GWh
Average net flow
0.43GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.09GWImporting

In 6.2 GWhOut 4.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.37GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 32.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWImporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 1.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.4 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWGenerating

Generated 5.4 GWhPumped 4.4 GWh

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