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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 12 July 2022

On Tuesday 12 July, demand averaged 29.1 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

29.1GW AVERAGEWind7.68 GW23%Hydro0.27 GW1%Biomass2.60 GW8%Solar1.71 GW5%Gas14.00 GW43%Coal0.59 GW2%Imports1.42 GW4%Nuclear4.57 GW14%29.1GW AVERAGE23%8%43%14%
Price
£318.51/MWh
Day average £318.51
Demand29.1GW
Generation 31.4Transfers −2.3
Fossil fuels43%
Renewables29%
Other26%
Carbon intensityModerate
208g/kWh
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Key moments

On Tuesday 12 July 2022, gas supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 23%. Demand peaked at 34.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 208 g/kWh and the price £318.51/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 10.1 GW at 00:40. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:00 (169 g/kWh) and highest at 21:00 (254 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £173.53/MWh at 04:30 to £453.10/MWh at 18:30. Gas made 45% 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 7.6823.4%Gas 14.0042.6%Hydro 0.270.8%Biomass 2.607.9%Nuclear 4.5713.9%Coal 0.591.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.1avgGeneration 31.4avgTransfers −2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.9GW · 12:30
Low 21.4 · 04:35Avg 29.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain108%of demand
Generation 31.4Transfers −2.3 GW
Net exports53GWh
In
27 Out
81
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 24%Solar 5%

Transfers · Tue 12 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 12 July 2022, Great Britain imported 27 GWh and exported 81 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (14 GWh), and the most exports went to France (58 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 12 Jul
Imported
27GWh
Exported
81GWh
Net out
53GWh
Average net flow
2.22GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.29GWExporting

In 2.3 GWhOut 9.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.40GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 57.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 3.1 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.44GWImporting

In 13.7 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.02GWImporting

In 8.3 GWhOut 7.9 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWPumping

Generated 6.6 GWhPumped 8.0 GWh

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