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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 19 July 2022

On Tuesday 19 July, demand averaged 30.6 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

30.6GW AVERAGEWind6.72 GW20%Hydro0.33 GW1%Biomass2.26 GW7%Solar2.84 GW8%Gas15.16 GW44%Coal0.37 GW1%Imports1.62 GW5%Nuclear4.90 GW14%30.6GW AVERAGE20%8%44%14%
Price
£360.61/MWh
Day average £360.61
Demand30.6GW
Generation 32.6Transfers −2.0
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables29%
Other26%
Carbon intensityModerate
210g/kWh
0Day average 210300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 19 July 2022, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 20%. Demand peaked at 37.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 210 g/kWh and the price £360.61/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.8 GW at 17:55. Solar generation peaked at 8.5 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:00 (175 g/kWh) and highest at 04:30 (248 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £224.45/MWh at 23:30 to £542.79/MWh at 19:30. Gas made 47% 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 2.848.3%Wind 6.7219.6%Gas 15.1644.3%Hydro 0.331.0%Biomass 2.266.6%Nuclear 4.9014.3%Coal 0.371.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.6avgGeneration 32.6avgTransfers −2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand37.9GW · 12:30
Low 21.5 · 04:25Avg 30.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain106%of demand
Generation 32.6Transfers −2.0 GW
Net exports52GWh
In
30 Out
82
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 21%Solar 9%

Transfers · Tue 19 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 19 July 2022, Great Britain imported 30 GWh and exported 82 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (14 GWh), and the most exports went to France (64 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 19 Jul
Imported
30GWh
Exported
82GWh
Net out
52GWh
Average net flow
2.18GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.09GWImporting

In 7.9 GWhOut 5.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.68GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 64.3 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.12GWImporting

In 4.0 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.40GWImporting

In 13.9 GWhOut 4.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.12GWExporting

In 4.0 GWhOut 6.8 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWGenerating

Generated 9.0 GWhPumped 3.8 GWh

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