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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 19 August 2022

On Friday 19 August, demand averaged 27.7 GW. Renewables supplied 35%.

27.7GW AVERAGEWind8.39 GW27%Hydro0.20 GW1%Biomass1.73 GW6%Solar2.48 GW8%Gas13.04 GW42%Imports0.95 GW3%Nuclear4.45 GW14%27.7GW AVERAGE27%8%42%14%
Price
£349.29/MWh
Day average £349.29
Demand27.7GW
Generation 30.3Transfers −2.6
Fossil fuels42%
Renewables35%
Other23%
Carbon intensityModerate
187g/kWh
0Day average 187300
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Key moments

On Friday 19 August 2022, gas supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 27%. Demand peaked at 34.2 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 187 g/kWh and the price £349.29/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.3 GW at 02:35. Solar generation peaked at 7.3 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (156 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (228 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £262.88/MWh at 03:30 to £484.54/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 43% 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 2.487.9%Wind 8.3926.9%Gas 13.0441.7%Hydro 0.200.7%Biomass 1.735.5%Nuclear 4.4514.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.7avgGeneration 30.3avgTransfers −2.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.2GW · 11:30
Low 20.7 · 04:45Avg 27.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain109%of demand
Generation 30.3Transfers −2.6 GW
Net exports61GWh
In
17 Out
79
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 28%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 19 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 19 August 2022, Great Britain imported 17 GWh and exported 79 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (14 GWh), and the most exports went to France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 19 Aug
Imported
17GWh
Exported
79GWh
Net out
61GWh
Average net flow
2.54GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.43GWExporting

In 0.4 GWhOut 10.6 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.91GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 45.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.58GWImporting

In 13.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.12GWExporting

In 3.0 GWhOut 6.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.66GWExporting

In 0.3 GWhOut 16.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.02GWPumping

Generated 5.3 GWhPumped 5.8 GWh

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