Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 May 2022

On Friday 6 May, demand averaged 29.2 GW. Renewables supplied 26%.

29.2GW AVERAGEWind6.49 GW19%Hydro0.23 GW1%Biomass1.37 GW4%Solar2.14 GW6%Gas17.29 GW50%Imports0.54 GW2%Nuclear6.32 GW18%29.2GW AVERAGE19%50%18%
Price
£112.79/MWh
Day average £112.79
Demand29.2GW
Generation 33.9Transfers −4.6
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables26%
Other24%
Carbon intensityModerate
208g/kWh
0Day average 208300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Friday 6 May 2022, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 19%. Demand peaked at 35.4 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 208 g/kWh and the price £112.79/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.8 GW at 13:25. Solar generation peaked at 7.1 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (173 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (259 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £74.05/MWh at 10:30 to £171.30/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 51% 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 2.146.2%Wind 6.4918.9%Gas 17.2950.3%Hydro 0.230.7%Biomass 1.374.0%Nuclear 6.3218.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.2avgGeneration 33.9avgTransfers −4.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.4GW · 12:10
Low 21.3 · 04:10Avg 29.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain116%of demand
Generation 33.9Transfers −4.6 GW
Net exports111GWh
In
3 Out
114
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 19%Solar 6%

Transfers · Fri 6 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 May 2022, Great Britain imported 3 GWh and exported 114 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (3 GWh), and the most exports went to France (49 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 May
Imported
3GWh
Exported
114GWh
Net out
111GWh
Average net flow
4.63GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.95GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 22.9 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.02GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 48.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWExporting

In 3.3 GWhOut 3.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average1.04GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 24.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.59GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 14.2 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 9.6 GWhPumped 10.0 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.