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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 10 May 2022

On Tuesday 10 May, demand averaged 29.5 GW. Renewables supplied 52%.

29.5GW AVERAGEWind14.91 GW44%Hydro0.25 GW1%Biomass1.03 GW3%Solar2.30 GW7%Gas9.43 GW28%Imports0.45 GW1%Nuclear5.28 GW16%29.5GW AVERAGE44%28%16%
Price
£58.77/MWh
Day average £58.77
Demand29.5GW
Generation 33.2Transfers −3.7
Fossil fuels28%
Renewables52%
Other20%
Carbon intensityLow
117g/kWh
0Day average 117300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 10 May 2022, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 28%. Demand peaked at 36.5 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 117 g/kWh and the price £58.77/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.9 GW at 12:30. Solar generation peaked at 7.4 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (77 g/kWh) and highest at 20:00 (171 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £35.37/MWh at 00:00 to £94.01/MWh at 08:00. Wind made 45% 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 2.306.8%Wind 14.9144.3%Gas 9.4328.0%Hydro 0.250.7%Biomass 1.033.1%Nuclear 5.2815.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.5avgGeneration 33.2avgTransfers −3.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.5GW · 12:30
Low 20.8 · 03:10Avg 29.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain112%of demand
Generation 33.2Transfers −3.7 GW
Net exports86GWh
In
6 Out
93
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 45%Solar 7%

Transfers · Tue 10 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 10 May 2022, Great Britain imported 6 GWh and exported 93 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (6 GWh), and the most exports went to France (48 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 10 May
Imported
6GWh
Exported
93GWh
Net out
86GWh
Average net flow
3.60GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.70GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 16.8 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

Average0.21GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.84GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 20.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.25GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 6.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 4.7 GWhPumped 6.4 GWh

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