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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 13 July 2022

On Wednesday 13 July, demand averaged 29.2 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

29.2GW AVERAGEWind6.42 GW20%Hydro0.26 GW1%Biomass2.22 GW7%Solar2.95 GW9%Gas13.68 GW42%Coal0.88 GW3%Imports1.86 GW6%Nuclear4.61 GW14%29.2GW AVERAGE20%9%42%14%
Price
£274.44/MWh
Day average £274.44
Demand29.2GW
Generation 31.0Transfers −1.9
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables29%
Other26%
Carbon intensityHigh
214g/kWh
0Day average 214300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 13 July 2022, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 20%. Demand peaked at 36.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity averaged 214 g/kWh and the price £274.44/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.2 GW at 03:20. Solar generation peaked at 8.9 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (180 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (262 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £198.03/MWh at 04:00 to £372.51/MWh at 00:00. Gas made 44% 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 2.959.0%Wind 6.4219.5%Gas 13.6841.6%Hydro 0.260.8%Biomass 2.226.8%Nuclear 4.6114.0%Coal 0.882.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.2avgGeneration 31.0avgTransfers −1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.4GW · 13:00
Low 20.9 · 04:40Avg 29.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain106%of demand
Generation 31.0Transfers −1.9 GW
Net exports37GWh
In
42 Out
79
Zero-carbon share46%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 21%Solar 10%

Transfers · Wed 13 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 13 July 2022, Great Britain imported 42 GWh and exported 79 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (18 GWh), and the most exports went to France (62 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 13 Jul
Imported
42GWh
Exported
79GWh
Net out
37GWh
Average net flow
1.52GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.02GWExporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.58GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 61.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.13GWImporting

In 5.7 GWhOut 2.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.42GWImporting

In 13.4 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.53GWImporting

In 17.9 GWhOut 5.2 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.33GWPumping

Generated 2.7 GWhPumped 10.6 GWh

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