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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 27 May 2022

On Friday 27 May, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 55%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind14.34 GW44%Hydro0.33 GW1%Biomass0.52 GW2%Solar3.27 GW10%Gas6.69 GW21%Imports2.06 GW6%Nuclear5.15 GW16%28.5GW AVERAGE44%10%21%16%
Price
£109.75/MWh
Day average £109.75
Demand28.5GW
Generation 30.3Transfers −1.8
Fossil fuels21%
Renewables55%
Other24%
Carbon intensityLow
90g/kWh
0Day average 90300
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Key moments

On Friday 27 May 2022, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 21%. Demand peaked at 34.7 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 90 g/kWh and the price £109.75/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.7 GW at 08:10. Solar generation peaked at 9.3 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:30 (57 g/kWh) and highest at 22:00 (164 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £33.26/MWh at 05:30 to £157.17/MWh at 23:00. 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 3.2710.1%Wind 14.3444.3%Gas 6.6920.7%Hydro 0.331.0%Biomass 0.521.6%Nuclear 5.1515.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 30.3avgTransfers −1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.7GW · 12:10
Low 20.9 · 03:35Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain106%of demand
Generation 30.3Transfers −1.8 GW
Net exports38GWh
In
45 Out
83
Zero-carbon share76%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 47%Solar 11%

Transfers · Fri 27 May

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 27 May 2022, Great Britain imported 45 GWh and exported 83 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Belgium (19 GWh), and the most exports went to France (64 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 27 May
Imported
45GWh
Exported
83GWh
Net out
38GWh
Average net flow
1.59GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.78GWImporting

In 18.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.67GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 64.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.28GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 7.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.10GWExporting

In 9.6 GWhOut 12.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.69GWImporting

In 16.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.22GWPumping

Generated 3.9 GWhPumped 9.2 GWh

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