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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 9 September 2022

On Friday 9 September, demand averaged 27.8 GW. Renewables supplied 25%.

27.8GW AVERAGEWind6.51 GW20%Hydro0.14 GW0%Biomass2.00 GW6%Solar1.39 GW4%Gas15.85 GW49%Coal1.09 GW3%Imports0.26 GW1%Nuclear5.37 GW16%27.8GW AVERAGE20%49%16%
Price
£264.56/MWh
Day average £264.56
Demand27.8GW
Generation 32.4Transfers −4.6
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables25%
Other23%
Carbon intensityHigh
233g/kWh
0Day average 233300
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Key moments

On Friday 9 September 2022, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 20%. Demand peaked at 33.7 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 233 g/kWh and the price £264.56/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.3 GW at 13:30. Solar generation peaked at 5.0 GW at 14:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (200 g/kWh) and highest at 20:30 (263 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £204.57/MWh at 01:00 to £361.93/MWh at 08:30. 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 1.394.3%Wind 6.5120.0%Gas 15.8548.6%Hydro 0.140.4%Biomass 2.006.1%Nuclear 5.3716.5%Coal 1.093.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.8avgGeneration 32.4avgTransfers −4.6avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.7GW · 11:30
Low 19.7 · 04:05Avg 27.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain117%of demand
Generation 32.4Transfers −4.6 GW
Net exports107GWh
In
2 Out
110
Zero-carbon share41%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 0%Wind 20%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 9 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 9 September 2022, Great Britain imported 2 GWh and exported 110 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (2 GWh), and the most exports went to France (56 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 9 Sept
Imported
2GWh
Exported
110GWh
Net out
107GWh
Average net flow
4.47GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.58GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 14.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.33GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 55.9 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.05GWImporting

In 2.2 GWhOut 1.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.63GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 15.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.98GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 23.6 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 3.8 GWhPumped 6.9 GWh

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