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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 25 May 2022

On Wednesday 25 May, demand averaged 29.7 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

29.7GW AVERAGEWind15.17 GW45%Hydro0.32 GW1%Biomass1.17 GW3%Solar1.73 GW5%Gas8.96 GW27%Imports1.11 GW3%Nuclear5.15 GW15%29.7GW AVERAGE45%27%15%
Price
£107.50/MWh
Day average £107.50
Demand29.7GW
Generation 32.5Transfers −2.8
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables51%
Other22%
Carbon intensityLow
119g/kWh
0Day average 119300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 25 May 2022, wind supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 119 g/kWh and the price £107.50/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 20.4 GW at 14:20. Solar generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (68 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (211 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £84.53/MWh at 10:00 to £144.69/MWh at 00:30. Wind made 47% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2022.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.735.2%Wind 15.1745.1%Gas 8.9626.6%Hydro 0.321.0%Biomass 1.173.5%Nuclear 5.1515.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.7avgGeneration 32.5avgTransfers −2.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:30
Low 20.0 · 04:50Avg 29.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain110%of demand
Generation 32.5Transfers −2.8 GW
Net exports63GWh
In
25 Out
88
Zero-carbon share69%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 47%Solar 5%

Transfers · Wed 25 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 25 May 2022, Great Britain imported 25 GWh and exported 88 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (10 GWh), and the most exports went to France (59 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 25 May
Imported
25GWh
Exported
88GWh
Net out
63GWh
Average net flow
2.62GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 8.2 GWhOut 8.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.45GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 58.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.41GWImporting

In 10.5 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.20GWExporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 9.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.38GWExporting

In 1.2 GWhOut 10.4 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.23GWPumping

Generated 1.9 GWhPumped 7.3 GWh

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