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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 25 August 2022

On Thursday 25 August, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 17%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind3.81 GW13%Hydro0.21 GW1%Biomass2.55 GW8%Solar1.10 GW4%Gas15.49 GW51%Coal0.58 GW2%Imports2.19 GW7%Nuclear4.22 GW14%27.4GW AVERAGE13%8%51%7%14%
Price
£514.91/MWh
Day average £514.91
Demand27.4GW
Generation 28.0Transfers −0.6
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables17%
Other30%
Carbon intensityHigh
250g/kWh
0Day average 250300
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Key moments

On Thursday 25 August 2022, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 14%. Demand peaked at 32.2 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 250 g/kWh and the price £514.91/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 01:05. Solar generation peaked at 3.7 GW at 15:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:30 (233 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (281 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £351.33/MWh at 03:30 to £640.23/MWh at 08:30. Gas made 55% 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 1.103.6%Wind 3.8112.6%Gas 15.4951.4%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 2.558.5%Nuclear 4.2214.0%Coal 0.581.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 28.0avgTransfers −0.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.2GW · 12:30
Low 20.6 · 04:40Avg 27.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 28.0Transfers −0.6 GW
Net exports13GWh
In
49 Out
62
Zero-carbon share33%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 14%Solar 4%

Transfers · Thu 25 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 25 August 2022, Great Britain imported 49 GWh and exported 62 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (18 GWh), and the most exports went to France (51 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 25 Aug
Imported
49GWh
Exported
62GWh
Net out
13GWh
Average net flow
0.53GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.22GWImporting

In 10.7 GWhOut 5.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.12GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 50.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.29GWImporting

In 7.1 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.55GWImporting

In 13.5 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.53GWImporting

In 17.8 GWhOut 5.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 3.5 GWhPumped 4.6 GWh

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