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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 29 July 2022

On Friday 29 July, demand averaged 26.7 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

26.7GW AVERAGEWind3.37 GW11%Hydro0.34 GW1%Biomass1.68 GW5%Solar2.59 GW8%Gas16.27 GW52%Coal0.99 GW3%Imports1.35 GW4%Nuclear4.61 GW15%26.7GW AVERAGE11%8%52%15%
Price
£323.36/MWh
Day average £323.36
Demand26.7GW
Generation 29.8Transfers −3.2
Fossil fuels52%
Renewables20%
Other25%
Carbon intensityHigh
261g/kWh
0Day average 261300
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Key moments

On Friday 29 July 2022, gas supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 15%. Demand peaked at 33.6 GW at 10:05. Carbon intensity averaged 261 g/kWh and the price £323.36/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.2 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 8.5 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:30 (220 g/kWh) and highest at 04:30 (298 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £225.56/MWh at 23:30 to £397.94/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 55% 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 2.598.3%Wind 3.3710.8%Gas 16.2752.2%Hydro 0.341.1%Biomass 1.685.4%Nuclear 4.6114.8%Coal 0.993.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.7avgGeneration 29.8avgTransfers −3.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.6GW · 10:05
Low 19.5 · 04:05Avg 26.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain112%of demand
Generation 29.8Transfers −3.2 GW
Net exports78GWh
In
28 Out
106
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 29 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 29 July 2022, Great Britain imported 28 GWh and exported 106 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (72 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 29 Jul
Imported
28GWh
Exported
106GWh
Net out
78GWh
Average net flow
3.24GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.03GWExporting

In 8.1 GWhOut 9.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.98GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 71.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.26GWImporting

In 6.8 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.26GWImporting

In 13.2 GWhOut 6.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.75GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 18.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWGenerating

Generated 4.3 GWhPumped 2.1 GWh

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