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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 31 August 2022

On Wednesday 31 August, demand averaged 28.0 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

28.0GW AVERAGEWind7.14 GW21%Hydro0.10 GW0%Biomass1.78 GW5%Solar2.30 GW7%Gas16.04 GW48%Coal0.82 GW2%Imports0.61 GW2%Nuclear4.56 GW14%28.0GW AVERAGE21%48%14%
Price
£306.47/MWh
Day average £306.47
Demand28.0GW
Generation 32.7Transfers −4.8
Fossil fuels48%
Renewables29%
Other21%
Carbon intensityHigh
228g/kWh
0Day average 228300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 31 August 2022, gas supplied 48% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 21%. Demand peaked at 34.2 GW at 12:15. Carbon intensity averaged 228 g/kWh and the price £306.47/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.2 GW at 22:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.8 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 10:30 (205 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (255 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £151.32/MWh at 23:00 to £452.60/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 49% 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 2.306.9%Wind 7.1421.4%Gas 16.0448.1%Hydro 0.100.3%Biomass 1.785.3%Nuclear 4.5613.7%Coal 0.822.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.0avgGeneration 32.7avgTransfers −4.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.2GW · 12:15
Low 19.8 · 03:50Avg 28.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain117%of demand
Generation 32.7Transfers −4.8 GW
Net exports113GWh
In
12 Out
125
Zero-carbon share43%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 0%Wind 22%Solar 7%

Transfers · Wed 31 Aug

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 31 August 2022, Great Britain imported 12 GWh and exported 125 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (5 GWh), and the most exports went to France (74 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 31 Aug
Imported
12GWh
Exported
125GWh
Net out
113GWh
Average net flow
4.70GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.27GWExporting

In 4.2 GWhOut 10.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.08GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 74.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.00GWIdle

In 2.6 GWhOut 2.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.22GWExporting

In 5.3 GWhOut 10.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.12GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 26.9 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWPumping

Generated 2.7 GWhPumped 3.9 GWh

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