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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 18 February 2022

On Friday 18 February, demand averaged 35.3 GW. Renewables supplied 45%.

35.3GW AVERAGEWind14.65 GW41%Hydro0.74 GW2%Biomass2.01 GW6%Solar0.75 GW2%Gas7.34 GW21%Coal0.57 GW2%Imports4.22 GW12%Nuclear5.50 GW15%35.3GW AVERAGE41%21%12%15%
Price
£157.87/MWh
Day average £157.87
Demand35.3GW
Generation 31.6Transfers 3.8
Fossil fuels21%
Renewables45%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
109g/kWh
0Day average 109300
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Key moments

On Friday 18 February 2022, wind supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 21%. Demand peaked at 43.8 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity averaged 109 g/kWh and the price £157.87/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.0 GW at 12:05. Solar generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (50 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (165 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £78.41/MWh at 07:00 to £235.93/MWh at 17:30. Wind made 46% 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 0.752.1%Wind 14.6541.0%Gas 7.3420.5%Hydro 0.742.1%Biomass 2.015.6%Nuclear 5.5015.4%Coal 0.571.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 35.3avgGeneration 31.6avgTransfers 3.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.8GW · 13:00
Low 25.3 · 04:25Avg 35.30–60 GW
Made in Great Britain89%of demand
Generation 31.6Transfers 3.8 GW
Net imports98GWh
In
100 Out
2
Zero-carbon share69%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 46%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 18 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 18 February 2022, Great Britain imported 100 GWh and exported 2 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (40 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (2 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 18 Feb
Imported
100GWh
Exported
2GWh
Net in
98GWh
Average net flow
4.08GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.65GWImporting

In 15.8 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.65GWImporting

In 39.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.46GWImporting

In 11.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.28GWImporting

In 8.3 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.04GWImporting

In 25.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.30GWPumping

Generated 1.6 GWhPumped 8.8 GWh

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