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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 22 July 2022

On Friday 22 July, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 13%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind2.01 GW7%Hydro0.35 GW1%Biomass2.66 GW9%Solar1.52 GW5%Gas16.66 GW55%Coal0.44 GW1%Imports1.97 GW6%Nuclear4.74 GW16%27.4GW AVERAGE9%55%16%
Price
£271.21/MWh
Day average £271.21
Demand27.4GW
Generation 28.4Transfers −1.0
Fossil fuels55%
Renewables13%
Other31%
Carbon intensityHigh
255g/kWh
0Day average 255300
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Key moments

On Friday 22 July 2022, gas supplied 55% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 16%. Demand peaked at 33.4 GW at 12:05. Carbon intensity averaged 255 g/kWh and the price £271.21/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 09:05. Solar generation peaked at 4.7 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (227 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (281 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £196.39/MWh at 04:30 to £359.04/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 59% 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 1.525.0%Wind 2.016.6%Gas 16.6654.9%Hydro 0.351.1%Biomass 2.668.8%Nuclear 4.7415.6%Coal 0.441.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 28.4avgTransfers −1.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.4GW · 12:05
Low 20.5 · 03:15Avg 27.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain104%of demand
Generation 28.4Transfers −1.0 GW
Net exports28GWh
In
41 Out
69
Zero-carbon share30%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 1%Wind 7%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 22 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 22 July 2022, Great Britain imported 41 GWh and exported 69 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (19 GWh), and the most exports went to France (50 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 22 Jul
Imported
41GWh
Exported
69GWh
Net out
28GWh
Average net flow
1.18GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.04GWImporting

In 7.9 GWhOut 6.9 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.10GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 50.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWImporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 2.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.18GWImporting

In 10.6 GWhOut 6.4 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.65GWImporting

In 18.6 GWhOut 3.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.19GWGenerating

Generated 6.6 GWhPumped 2.0 GWh

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