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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 2 August 2022

On Tuesday 2 August, demand averaged 29.3 GW. Renewables supplied 54%.

29.3GW AVERAGEWind16.39 GW49%Hydro0.22 GW1%Biomass1.11 GW3%Solar1.64 GW5%Gas9.06 GW27%Imports0.90 GW3%Nuclear4.42 GW13%29.3GW AVERAGE49%27%13%
Price
£197.43/MWh
Day average £197.43
Demand29.3GW
Generation 32.8Transfers −3.6
Fossil fuels27%
Renewables54%
Other19%
Carbon intensityLow
119g/kWh
0Day average 119300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 2 August 2022, wind supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 27%. Demand peaked at 35.8 GW at 13:05. Carbon intensity averaged 119 g/kWh and the price £197.43/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.1 GW at 13:45. Solar generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (75 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (157 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £137.47/MWh at 04:30 to £256.22/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 50% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2022.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.644.9%Wind 16.3948.6%Gas 9.0626.9%Hydro 0.220.7%Biomass 1.113.3%Nuclear 4.4213.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.3avgGeneration 32.8avgTransfers −3.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.8GW · 13:05
Low 20.5 · 02:55Avg 29.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain112%of demand
Generation 32.8Transfers −3.6 GW
Net exports79GWh
In
21 Out
100
Zero-carbon share69%of generation
Nuclear 13%Hydro 1%Wind 50%Solar 5%

Transfers · Tue 2 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 2 August 2022, Great Britain imported 21 GWh and exported 100 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (10 GWh), and the most exports went to France (49 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 2 Aug
Imported
21GWh
Exported
100GWh
Net out
79GWh
Average net flow
3.31GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.32GWExporting

In 4.6 GWhOut 12.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.06GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 49.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.40GWImporting

In 9.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.34GWExporting

In 6.4 GWhOut 14.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.99GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 23.8 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.28GWPumping

Generated 1.0 GWhPumped 7.7 GWh

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