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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 6 September 2022

On Tuesday 6 September, demand averaged 28.5 GW. Renewables supplied 29%.

28.5GW AVERAGEWind8.11 GW24%Hydro0.10 GW0%Biomass1.35 GW4%Solar1.39 GW4%Gas14.70 GW44%Coal0.90 GW3%Imports1.12 GW3%Nuclear5.45 GW16%28.5GW AVERAGE24%44%16%
Price
£252.31/MWh
Day average £252.31
Demand28.5GW
Generation 32.0Transfers −3.5
Fossil fuels44%
Renewables29%
Other24%
Carbon intensityHigh
217g/kWh
0Day average 217300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 6 September 2022, gas supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 24%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 217 g/kWh and the price £252.31/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 10.5 GW at 00:15. Solar generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 14:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (156 g/kWh) and highest at 06:30 (258 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £166.57/MWh at 23:00 to £391.18/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 46% 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 1.394.2%Wind 8.1124.5%Gas 14.7044.4%Hydro 0.100.3%Biomass 1.354.1%Nuclear 5.4516.5%Coal 0.902.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.5avgGeneration 32.0avgTransfers −3.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 11:30
Low 19.6 · 04:05Avg 28.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain112%of demand
Generation 32.0Transfers −3.5 GW
Net exports85GWh
In
20 Out
105
Zero-carbon share47%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 0%Wind 25%Solar 4%

Transfers · Tue 6 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 6 September 2022, Great Britain imported 20 GWh and exported 105 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (13 GWh), and the most exports went to France (54 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 6 Sept
Imported
20GWh
Exported
105GWh
Net out
85GWh
Average net flow
3.54GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.52GWExporting

In 3.2 GWhOut 15.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.25GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 54.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.55GWImporting

In 13.5 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.41GWExporting

In 3.4 GWhOut 13.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.90GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 21.7 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.09GWGenerating

Generated 6.8 GWhPumped 4.7 GWh

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