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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 15 February 2022

On Tuesday 15 February, demand averaged 36.8 GW. Renewables supplied 41%.

36.8GW AVERAGEWind14.50 GW39%Hydro0.62 GW2%Biomass2.57 GW7%Solar0.33 GW1%Gas9.39 GW25%Coal1.51 GW4%Imports4.08 GW11%Nuclear4.63 GW12%36.8GW AVERAGE39%25%11%12%
Price
£158.86/MWh
Day average £158.86
Demand36.8GW
Generation 33.5Transfers 3.2
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables41%
Other30%
Carbon intensityModerate
152g/kWh
0Day average 152300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 15 February 2022, wind supplied 39% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 45.0 GW at 18:00. Carbon intensity averaged 152 g/kWh and the price £158.86/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.6 GW at 10:10. Solar generation peaked at 1.4 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (69 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (197 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £105.47/MWh at 04:30 to £202.84/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 43% 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 0.330.9%Wind 14.5038.5%Gas 9.3925.0%Hydro 0.621.7%Biomass 2.576.8%Nuclear 4.6312.3%Coal 1.514.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.8avgGeneration 33.5avgTransfers 3.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.0GW · 18:00
Low 25.8 · 04:25Avg 36.80–60 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 33.5Transfers 3.2 GW
Net imports75GWh
In
91 Out
16
Zero-carbon share60%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 2%Wind 43%Solar 1%

Transfers · Tue 15 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 15 February 2022, Great Britain imported 91 GWh and exported 16 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (25 GWh), and the most exports went to France (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 15 Feb
Imported
91GWh
Exported
16GWh
Net in
75GWh
Average net flow
3.14GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.70GWImporting

In 19.0 GWhOut 2.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.34GWImporting

In 18.2 GWhOut 9.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.33GWImporting

In 10.9 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.73GWImporting

In 18.1 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.05GWImporting

In 25.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWGenerating

Generated 6.6 GWhPumped 5.1 GWh

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