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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 10 June 2022

On Friday 10 June, demand averaged 28.7 GW. Renewables supplied 50%.

28.7GW AVERAGEWind13.09 GW40%Hydro0.18 GW1%Biomass0.88 GW3%Solar3.04 GW9%Gas8.80 GW27%Imports0.60 GW2%Nuclear6.18 GW19%28.7GW AVERAGE40%9%27%19%
Price
£32.26/MWh
Day average £32.26
Demand28.7GW
Generation 32.2Transfers −3.5
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables50%
Other23%
Carbon intensityLow
115g/kWh
0Day average 115300
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Key moments

On Friday 10 June 2022, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 35.2 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity averaged 115 g/kWh and the price £32.26/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.7 GW at 18:05. Solar generation peaked at 8.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (84 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (144 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £12.38/MWh at 13:30 to £82.14/MWh at 23:30. Wind made 41% 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 3.049.3%Wind 13.0939.9%Gas 8.8026.8%Hydro 0.180.5%Biomass 0.882.7%Nuclear 6.1818.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.7avgGeneration 32.2avgTransfers −3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.2GW · 12:00
Low 20.4 · 04:25Avg 28.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain112%of demand
Generation 32.2Transfers −3.5 GW
Net exports78GWh
In
13 Out
90
Zero-carbon share70%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 1%Wind 41%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 10 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 10 June 2022, Great Britain imported 13 GWh and exported 90 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (12 GWh), and the most exports went to France (57 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 10 Jun
Imported
13GWh
Exported
90GWh
Net out
78GWh
Average net flow
3.23GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.89GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 21.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.36GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 56.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.50GWImporting

In 12.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.40GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 10.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.08GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.29GWPumping

Generated 1.5 GWhPumped 8.5 GWh

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