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Great Britain’s electricity on Monday 4 April 2022

On Monday 4 April, demand averaged 33.5 GW. Renewables supplied 48%.

33.5GW AVERAGEWind16.20 GW45%Hydro0.25 GW1%Biomass1.96 GW5%Solar0.76 GW2%Gas9.10 GW25%Coal0.61 GW2%Imports2.07 GW6%Nuclear5.23 GW14%33.5GW AVERAGE45%25%14%
Price
£174.39/MWh
Day average £174.39
Demand33.5GW
Generation 34.1Transfers −0.6
Fossil fuels25%
Renewables48%
Other26%
Carbon intensityModerate
131g/kWh
0Day average 131300
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Key moments

On Monday 4 April 2022, wind supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 25%. Demand peaked at 40.5 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 131 g/kWh and the price £174.39/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.4 GW at 09:05. Solar generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:30 (82 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (176 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £31.62/MWh at 04:30 to £271.79/MWh at 18:00. Wind made 48% 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 0.762.1%Wind 16.2044.8%Gas 9.1025.2%Hydro 0.250.7%Biomass 1.965.4%Nuclear 5.2314.5%Coal 0.611.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 33.5avgGeneration 34.1avgTransfers −0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.5GW · 12:05
Low 24.1 · 00:55Avg 33.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 34.1Transfers −0.6 GW
Net exports4GWh
In
48 Out
51
Zero-carbon share66%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 48%Solar 2%

Transfers · Mon 4 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Monday 4 April 2022, Great Britain imported 48 GWh and exported 51 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (17 GWh), and the most exports went to France (49 GWh).

All interconnectors

Mon 4 Apr
Imported
48GWh
Exported
51GWh
Net out
4GWh
Average net flow
0.15GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.66GWImporting

In 15.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.05GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 49.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 2.9 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.73GWImporting

In 17.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.42GWImporting

In 11.5 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.42GWPumping

Generated 1.9 GWhPumped 12.1 GWh

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