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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 20 May 2022

On Friday 20 May, demand averaged 28.8 GW. Renewables supplied 33%.

28.8GW AVERAGEWind8.61 GW26%Hydro0.32 GW1%Biomass0.55 GW2%Solar1.71 GW5%Gas15.65 GW48%Imports0.33 GW1%Nuclear5.44 GW17%28.8GW AVERAGE26%48%17%
Price
£101.46/MWh
Day average £101.46
Demand28.8GW
Generation 32.3Transfers −3.5
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables33%
Other19%
Carbon intensityModerate
195g/kWh
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Key moments

On Friday 20 May 2022, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 26%. Demand peaked at 35.6 GW at 12:35. Carbon intensity averaged 195 g/kWh and the price £101.46/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.9 GW at 23:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (120 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (223 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £71.04/MWh at 03:30 to £140.87/MWh at 07:00. Gas made 48% 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 1.715.2%Wind 8.6126.4%Gas 15.6548.0%Hydro 0.321.0%Biomass 0.551.7%Nuclear 5.4416.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.8avgGeneration 32.3avgTransfers −3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.6GW · 12:35
Low 20.6 · 03:50Avg 28.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain112%of demand
Generation 32.3Transfers −3.5 GW
Net exports83GWh
In
4 Out
87
Zero-carbon share50%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 27%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 20 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 20 May 2022, Great Britain imported 4 GWh and exported 87 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (4 GWh), and the most exports went to France (38 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 20 May
Imported
4GWh
Exported
87GWh
Net out
83GWh
Average net flow
3.44GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.90GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 21.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.60GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 38.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.16GWImporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.37GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 9.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.73GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 17.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 4.6 GWh

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