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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 14 July 2022

On Thursday 14 July, demand averaged 28.6 GW. Renewables supplied 22%.

28.6GW AVERAGEWind3.85 GW12%Hydro0.26 GW1%Biomass2.17 GW7%Solar2.85 GW9%Gas14.81 GW47%Coal0.76 GW2%Imports2.06 GW7%Nuclear4.83 GW15%28.6GW AVERAGE12%9%47%15%
Price
£235.02/MWh
Day average £235.02
Demand28.6GW
Generation 29.5Transfers −1.0
Fossil fuels47%
Renewables22%
Other29%
Carbon intensityHigh
229g/kWh
0Day average 229300
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Key moments

On Thursday 14 July 2022, gas supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 15%. Demand peaked at 35.4 GW at 11:50. Carbon intensity averaged 229 g/kWh and the price £235.02/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 16:55. Solar generation peaked at 8.3 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (174 g/kWh) and highest at 22:00 (274 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £150.43/MWh at 15:00 to £328.70/MWh at 06:30. Gas made 50% 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 2.859.0%Wind 3.8512.2%Gas 14.8146.9%Hydro 0.260.8%Biomass 2.176.9%Nuclear 4.8315.3%Coal 0.762.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.6avgGeneration 29.5avgTransfers −1.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.4GW · 11:50
Low 20.5 · 04:50Avg 28.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain103%of demand
Generation 29.5Transfers −1.0 GW
Net exports20GWh
In
46 Out
66
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 13%Solar 10%

Transfers · Thu 14 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 14 July 2022, Great Britain imported 46 GWh and exported 66 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (33 GWh), and the most exports went to France (53 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 14 Jul
Imported
46GWh
Exported
66GWh
Net out
20GWh
Average net flow
0.83GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.13GWExporting

In 0.3 GWhOut 3.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.22GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 53.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.12GWImporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 2.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.03GWImporting

In 8.1 GWhOut 7.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.38GWImporting

In 33.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.14GWPumping

Generated 3.1 GWhPumped 6.5 GWh

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