Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 13 September 2022

On Tuesday 13 September, demand averaged 28.2 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

28.2GW AVERAGEWind5.06 GW16%Hydro0.19 GW1%Biomass2.50 GW8%Solar1.36 GW4%Gas15.70 GW49%Coal1.31 GW4%Imports1.36 GW4%Nuclear4.77 GW15%28.2GW AVERAGE16%8%49%15%
Price
£309.96/MWh
Day average £309.96
Demand28.2GW
Generation 30.9Transfers −2.7
Fossil fuels49%
Renewables21%
Other27%
Carbon intensityHigh
250g/kWh
0Day average 250300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, gas supplied 49% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 16%. Demand peaked at 33.9 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity averaged 250 g/kWh and the price £309.96/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 8.7 GW at 00:30. Solar generation peaked at 4.5 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (205 g/kWh) and highest at 21:30 (287 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £229.36/MWh at 05:30 to £422.21/MWh at 17:30. Gas made 51% 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 1.364.2%Wind 5.0615.7%Gas 15.7048.7%Hydro 0.190.6%Biomass 2.507.7%Nuclear 4.7714.8%Coal 1.314.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.2avgGeneration 30.9avgTransfers −2.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand33.9GW · 13:00
Low 20.1 · 04:00Avg 28.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain109%of demand
Generation 30.9Transfers −2.7 GW
Net exports64GWh
In
27 Out
91
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 16%Solar 4%

Transfers · Tue 13 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, Great Britain imported 27 GWh and exported 91 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (10 GWh), and the most exports went to France (68 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 13 Sept
Imported
27GWh
Exported
91GWh
Net out
64GWh
Average net flow
2.65GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.31GWExporting

In 2.9 GWhOut 10.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.82GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 67.6 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.17GWImporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.10GWImporting

In 10.4 GWhOut 8.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.21GWImporting

In 9.7 GWhOut 4.7 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 5.2 GWhPumped 5.4 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.