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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 7 May 2022

On Saturday 7 May, demand averaged 25.6 GW. Renewables supplied 16%.

25.6GW AVERAGEWind2.31 GW8%Hydro0.27 GW1%Biomass0.46 GW2%Solar2.22 GW8%Gas18.36 GW63%Imports0.40 GW1%Nuclear5.32 GW18%25.6GW AVERAGE8%8%63%18%
Price
£173.86/MWh
Day average £173.86
Demand25.6GW
Generation 28.9Transfers −3.4
Fossil fuels63%
Renewables16%
Other21%
Carbon intensityHigh
253g/kWh
0Day average 253300
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Key moments

On Saturday 7 May 2022, gas supplied 63% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 18%. Demand peaked at 30.4 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 253 g/kWh and the price £173.86/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.0 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 6.6 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:30 (227 g/kWh) and highest at 05:00 (280 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £139.99/MWh at 04:30 to £205.16/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 63% 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 2.227.6%Wind 2.317.9%Gas 18.3662.6%Hydro 0.270.9%Biomass 0.461.6%Nuclear 5.3218.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 25.6avgGeneration 28.9avgTransfers −3.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand30.4GW · 11:30
Low 19.6 · 03:25Avg 25.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain113%of demand
Generation 28.9Transfers −3.4 GW
Net exports82GWh
In
2 Out
83
Zero-carbon share35%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 8%Solar 8%

Transfers · Sat 7 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 7 May 2022, Great Britain imported 2 GWh and exported 83 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (1 GWh), and the most exports went to France (30 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 7 May
Imported
2GWh
Exported
83GWh
Net out
82GWh
Average net flow
3.41GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.83GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 19.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.25GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 30.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.18GWExporting

In 1.0 GWhOut 5.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.74GWExporting

In 0.4 GWhOut 18.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.42GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 10.2 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWGenerating

Generated 8.1 GWhPumped 7.3 GWh

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