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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 2 September 2022

On Friday 2 September, demand averaged 27.5 GW. Renewables supplied 24%.

27.5GW AVERAGEWind6.00 GW18%Hydro0.12 GW0%Biomass2.25 GW7%Solar1.61 GW5%Gas16.51 GW50%Coal0.41 GW1%Imports0.90 GW3%Nuclear4.94 GW15%27.5GW AVERAGE18%50%15%
Price
£355.74/MWh
Day average £355.74
Demand27.5GW
Generation 31.8Transfers −4.3
Fossil fuels50%
Renewables24%
Other25%
Carbon intensityHigh
229g/kWh
0Day average 229300
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Key moments

On Friday 2 September 2022, gas supplied 50% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 18%. Demand peaked at 33.4 GW at 12:45. Carbon intensity averaged 229 g/kWh and the price £355.74/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 10.5 GW at 22:50. Solar generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (154 g/kWh) and highest at 06:00 (268 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £184.99/MWh at 23:00 to £489.06/MWh at 07:30. 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 1.614.9%Wind 6.0018.3%Gas 16.5150.4%Hydro 0.120.4%Biomass 2.256.9%Nuclear 4.9415.1%Coal 0.411.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.5avgGeneration 31.8avgTransfers −4.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.4GW · 12:45
Low 19.9 · 03:55Avg 27.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain116%of demand
Generation 31.8Transfers −4.3 GW
Net exports101GWh
In
19 Out
120
Zero-carbon share40%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 0%Wind 19%Solar 5%

Transfers · Fri 2 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 2 September 2022, Great Britain imported 19 GWh and exported 120 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (12 GWh), and the most exports went to France (74 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 2 Sept
Imported
19GWh
Exported
120GWh
Net out
101GWh
Average net flow
4.23GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.36GWExporting

In 4.7 GWhOut 13.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.08GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 73.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.04GWExporting

In 2.3 GWhOut 3.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.27GWImporting

In 11.6 GWhOut 5.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.02GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 24.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 3.1 GWhPumped 5.4 GWh

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