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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 1 April 2022

On Friday 1 April, demand averaged 34.5 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

34.5GW AVERAGEWind8.36 GW23%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass2.00 GW5%Solar2.24 GW6%Gas15.05 GW41%Coal1.05 GW3%Imports2.57 GW7%Nuclear5.22 GW14%34.5GW AVERAGE23%41%7%14%
Price
£265.72/MWh
Day average £265.72
Demand34.5GW
Generation 34.1Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables29%
Other27%
Carbon intensityHigh
206g/kWh
0Day average 206300
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Key moments

On Friday 1 April 2022, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 23%. Demand peaked at 41.9 GW at 10:45. Carbon intensity averaged 206 g/kWh and the price £265.72/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.8 GW at 00:40. Solar generation peaked at 7.0 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (130 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (267 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £186.26/MWh at 02:30 to £389.29/MWh at 08:30. Gas made 44% 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 2.246.1%Wind 8.3622.8%Gas 15.0541.0%Hydro 0.200.5%Biomass 2.005.5%Nuclear 5.2214.2%Coal 1.052.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.5avgGeneration 34.1avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.9GW · 10:45
Low 26.0 · 04:25Avg 34.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 34.1Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports15GWh
In
58 Out
43
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 24%Solar 7%

Transfers · Fri 1 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 1 April 2022, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 43 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (40 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 1 Apr
Imported
58GWh
Exported
43GWh
Net in
15GWh
Average net flow
0.61GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.76GWImporting

In 18.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.67GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 40.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.10GWExporting

In 0.8 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 3.8 GWhPumped 9.4 GWh

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