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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 23 August 2022

On Tuesday 23 August, demand averaged 27.9 GW. Renewables supplied 20%.

27.9GW AVERAGEWind3.77 GW13%Hydro0.28 GW1%Biomass2.10 GW7%Solar1.73 GW6%Gas14.81 GW50%Coal0.69 GW2%Imports1.83 GW6%Nuclear4.35 GW15%27.9GW AVERAGE13%7%50%15%
Price
£508.35/MWh
Day average £508.35
Demand27.9GW
Generation 27.7Transfers 0.1
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables20%
Other28%
Carbon intensityHigh
245g/kWh
0Day average 245300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 23 August 2022, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 15%. Demand peaked at 34.2 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 245 g/kWh and the price £508.35/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.1 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 5.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (214 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (269 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £321.67/MWh at 02:00 to £659.69/MWh at 19:00. Gas made 53% 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 1.735.8%Wind 3.7712.8%Gas 14.8150.1%Hydro 0.281.0%Biomass 2.107.1%Nuclear 4.3514.7%Coal 0.692.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.9avgGeneration 27.7avgTransfers 0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.2GW · 12:30
Low 20.1 · 03:55Avg 27.90–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 27.7Transfers 0.1 GW
Net imports2GWh
In
39 Out
37
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 14%Solar 6%

Transfers · Tue 23 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 23 August 2022, Great Britain imported 39 GWh and exported 37 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (24 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 23 Aug
Imported
39GWh
Exported
37GWh
Net in
2GWh
Average net flow
0.08GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.24GWImporting

In 11.8 GWhOut 6.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.97GWExporting

In 0.2 GWhOut 23.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.06GWImporting

In 2.6 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.40GWImporting

In 13.4 GWhOut 3.8 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.35GWImporting

In 11.2 GWhOut 2.7 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 4.7 GWhPumped 3.4 GWh

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