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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 26 August 2022

On Friday 26 August, demand averaged 26.4 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

26.4GW AVERAGEWind1.21 GW4%Hydro0.13 GW0%Biomass2.66 GW9%Solar2.24 GW8%Gas15.86 GW55%Coal0.50 GW2%Imports1.98 GW7%Nuclear4.24 GW15%26.4GW AVERAGE9%8%55%15%
Price
£593.63/MWh
Day average £593.63
Demand26.4GW
Generation 26.8Transfers −0.5
Fossil fuels55%
Renewables12%
Other31%
Carbon intensityHigh
265g/kWh
0Day average 265300
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Key moments

On Friday 26 August 2022, gas supplied 55% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 15%. Demand peaked at 33.2 GW at 12:10. Carbon intensity averaged 265 g/kWh and the price £593.63/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 2.2 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 7.9 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:00 (217 g/kWh) and highest at 23:30 (300 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £415.74/MWh at 00:30 to £704.82/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 59% 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 2.247.8%Wind 1.214.2%Gas 15.8655.0%Hydro 0.130.5%Biomass 2.669.2%Nuclear 4.2414.7%Coal 0.501.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.4avgGeneration 26.8avgTransfers −0.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.2GW · 12:10
Low 19.4 · 04:05Avg 26.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain102%of demand
Generation 26.8Transfers −0.5 GW
Net exports10GWh
In
44 Out
53
Zero-carbon share29%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 0%Wind 5%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 26 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 26 August 2022, Great Britain imported 44 GWh and exported 53 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (14 GWh), and the most exports went to France (41 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 26 Aug
Imported
44GWh
Exported
53GWh
Net out
10GWh
Average net flow
0.41GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.22GWImporting

In 10.7 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.69GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 40.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.09GWImporting

In 5.8 GWhOut 3.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.46GWImporting

In 12.8 GWhOut 1.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.51GWImporting

In 14.3 GWhOut 2.1 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 4.1 GWhPumped 5.7 GWh

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