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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 24 August 2022

On Wednesday 24 August, demand averaged 28.2 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

28.2GW AVERAGEWind4.70 GW15%Hydro0.26 GW1%Biomass2.52 GW8%Solar1.59 GW5%Gas14.83 GW49%Coal0.55 GW2%Imports1.77 GW6%Nuclear4.26 GW14%28.2GW AVERAGE15%8%49%14%
Price
£480.01/MWh
Day average £480.01
Demand28.2GW
Generation 28.7Transfers −0.5
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables21%
Other28%
Carbon intensityHigh
236g/kWh
0Day average 236300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 24 August 2022, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 15%. Demand peaked at 34.2 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity averaged 236 g/kWh and the price £480.01/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.5 GW at 08:10. Solar generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 13:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:30 (201 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (271 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £353.53/MWh at 06:00 to £693.17/MWh at 22:00. Gas made 52% 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 1.595.2%Wind 4.7015.4%Gas 14.8348.7%Hydro 0.260.9%Biomass 2.528.3%Nuclear 4.2614.0%Coal 0.551.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.2avgGeneration 28.7avgTransfers −0.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.2GW · 13:00
Low 20.2 · 02:55Avg 28.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 28.7Transfers −0.5 GW
Net exports10GWh
In
39 Out
50
Zero-carbon share38%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 16%Solar 6%

Transfers · Wed 24 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 24 August 2022, Great Britain imported 39 GWh and exported 50 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (39 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 24 Aug
Imported
39GWh
Exported
50GWh
Net out
10GWh
Average net flow
0.42GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.03GWImporting

In 7.8 GWhOut 7.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.62GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 38.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.42GWImporting

In 10.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.21GWImporting

In 8.0 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.54GWImporting

In 13.5 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWPumping

Generated 3.1 GWhPumped 5.2 GWh

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