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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 4 February 2022

On Friday 4 February, demand averaged 36.0 GW. Renewables supplied 49%.

36.0GW AVERAGEWind16.34 GW44%Hydro0.60 GW2%Biomass2.38 GW6%Solar0.98 GW3%Gas7.28 GW20%Coal0.79 GW2%Imports3.17 GW9%Nuclear5.29 GW14%36.0GW AVERAGE44%20%9%14%
Price
£168.55/MWh
Day average £168.55
Demand36.0GW
Generation 33.7Transfers 2.4
Fossil fuels20%
Renewables49%
Other29%
Carbon intensityLow
114g/kWh
0Day average 114300
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Key moments

On Friday 4 February 2022, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 20%. Demand peaked at 44.5 GW at 17:35. Carbon intensity averaged 114 g/kWh and the price £168.55/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.7 GW at 14:05. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (61 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (150 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £112.59/MWh at 00:00 to £209.46/MWh at 07:30. 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 0.982.7%Wind 16.3444.4%Gas 7.2819.8%Hydro 0.601.6%Biomass 2.386.5%Nuclear 5.2914.4%Coal 0.792.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.0avgGeneration 33.7avgTransfers 2.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand44.5GW · 17:35
Low 25.2 · 04:00Avg 36.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 33.7Transfers 2.4 GW
Net imports54GWh
In
71 Out
16
Zero-carbon share69%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 49%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 4 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 4 February 2022, Great Britain imported 71 GWh and exported 16 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (23 GWh), and the most exports went to France (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 4 Feb
Imported
71GWh
Exported
16GWh
Net in
54GWh
Average net flow
2.27GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.22GWExporting

In 7.8 GWhOut 13.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.03GWExporting

In 2.4 GWhOut 3.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.64GWImporting

In 15.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWGenerating

Generated 5.6 GWhPumped 3.3 GWh

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