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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 13 May 2022

On Friday 13 May, demand averaged 28.9 GW. Renewables supplied 54%.

28.9GW AVERAGEWind15.22 GW46%Hydro0.32 GW1%Biomass1.07 GW3%Solar2.59 GW8%Gas8.16 GW24%Imports0.78 GW2%Nuclear5.25 GW16%28.9GW AVERAGE46%8%24%16%
Price
£70.80/MWh
Day average £70.80
Demand28.9GW
Generation 32.6Transfers −3.7
Fossil fuels24%
Renewables54%
Other21%
Carbon intensityLow
108g/kWh
0Day average 108300
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Key moments

On Friday 13 May 2022, wind supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 24%. Demand peaked at 35.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 108 g/kWh and the price £70.80/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 17.9 GW at 12:25. Solar generation peaked at 7.7 GW at 14:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 15:00 (51 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (198 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £47.02/MWh at 15:30 to £97.93/MWh at 21:00. Wind made 47% 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 2.597.7%Wind 15.2245.6%Gas 8.1624.4%Hydro 0.321.0%Biomass 1.073.2%Nuclear 5.2515.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.9avgGeneration 32.6avgTransfers −3.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.2GW · 12:00
Low 20.9 · 04:10Avg 28.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain113%of demand
Generation 32.6Transfers −3.7 GW
Net exports80GWh
In
16 Out
96
Zero-carbon share72%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 47%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 13 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 13 May 2022, Great Britain imported 16 GWh and exported 96 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (9 GWh), and the most exports went to France (49 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 13 May
Imported
16GWh
Exported
96GWh
Net out
80GWh
Average net flow
3.34GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.60GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 16.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.05GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 49.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.27GWImporting

In 9.2 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.52GWExporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 17.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.44GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 10.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.40GWPumping

Generated 3.0 GWhPumped 12.5 GWh

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