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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 12 August 2022

On Friday 12 August, demand averaged 28.8 GW. Renewables supplied 19%.

28.8GW AVERAGEWind2.60 GW8%Hydro0.18 GW1%Biomass2.14 GW7%Solar3.12 GW10%Gas17.00 GW54%Imports1.94 GW6%Nuclear4.44 GW14%28.8GW AVERAGE8%10%54%14%
Price
£336.52/MWh
Day average £336.52
Demand28.8GW
Generation 29.5Transfers −0.7
Fossil fuels54%
Renewables19%
Other27%
Carbon intensityHigh
236g/kWh
0Day average 236300
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Key moments

On Friday 12 August 2022, gas supplied 54% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 14%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 236 g/kWh and the price £336.52/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.1 GW at 22:40. Solar generation peaked at 9.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (193 g/kWh) and highest at 04:00 (282 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £243.32/MWh at 13:30 to £434.53/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 58% 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 3.129.9%Wind 2.608.3%Gas 17.0054.1%Hydro 0.180.6%Biomass 2.146.8%Nuclear 4.4414.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.8avgGeneration 29.5avgTransfers −0.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:30
Low 20.9 · 03:55Avg 28.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 29.5Transfers −0.7 GW
Net exports13GWh
In
42 Out
55
Zero-carbon share35%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 9%Solar 11%

Transfers · Fri 12 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 12 August 2022, Great Britain imported 42 GWh and exported 55 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 12 Aug
Imported
42GWh
Exported
55GWh
Net out
13GWh
Average net flow
0.55GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.10GWImporting

In 7.3 GWhOut 4.9 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.74GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 41.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.07GWImporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 2.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.09GWImporting

In 7.7 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.92GWImporting

In 22.2 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWPumping

Generated 4.8 GWhPumped 8.6 GWh

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