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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 22 April 2022

On Friday 22 April, demand averaged 29.7 GW. Renewables supplied 48%.

29.7GW AVERAGEWind13.52 GW41%Hydro0.22 GW1%Biomass0.56 GW2%Solar2.07 GW6%Gas10.75 GW33%Imports0.97 GW3%Nuclear4.83 GW15%29.7GW AVERAGE41%33%15%
Price
£138.77/MWh
Day average £138.77
Demand29.7GW
Generation 32.0Transfers −2.2
Fossil fuels33%
Renewables48%
Other19%
Carbon intensityModerate
136g/kWh
0Day average 136300
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Key moments

On Friday 22 April 2022, wind supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 33%. Demand peaked at 36.3 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 136 g/kWh and the price £138.77/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.8 GW at 16:40. Solar generation peaked at 6.5 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (76 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (161 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £111.23/MWh at 16:00 to £178.32/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 42% 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 2.076.3%Wind 13.5241.1%Gas 10.7532.7%Hydro 0.220.7%Biomass 0.561.7%Nuclear 4.8314.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.7avgGeneration 32.0avgTransfers −2.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.3GW · 12:00
Low 21.5 · 04:00Avg 29.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain107%of demand
Generation 32.0Transfers −2.2 GW
Net exports52GWh
In
20 Out
72
Zero-carbon share65%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 42%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 22 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 22 April 2022, Great Britain imported 20 GWh and exported 72 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (9 GWh), and the most exports went to France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 22 Apr
Imported
20GWh
Exported
72GWh
Net out
52GWh
Average net flow
2.18GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.15GWImporting

In 8.9 GWhOut 5.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.93GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 46.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWExporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 5.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.23GWExporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 12.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.05GWImporting

In 4.2 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWPumping

Generated 3.2 GWhPumped 3.9 GWh

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