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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 16 September 2022

On Friday 16 September, demand averaged 28.2 GW. Renewables supplied 49%.

28.2GW AVERAGEWind13.21 GW42%Hydro0.12 GW0%Biomass2.41 GW8%Solar2.30 GW7%Gas6.17 GW19%Coal0.71 GW2%Imports2.54 GW8%Nuclear4.30 GW14%28.2GW AVERAGE42%8%7%19%8%14%
Price
£216.07/MWh
Day average £216.07
Demand28.2GW
Generation 29.2Transfers −1.0
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables49%
Other29%
Carbon intensityLow
123g/kWh
0Day average 123300
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Key moments

On Friday 16 September 2022, wind supplied 42% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 34.3 GW at 17:15. Carbon intensity averaged 123 g/kWh and the price £216.07/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 15.1 GW at 15:20. Solar generation peaked at 7.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:30 (85 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (158 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £147.31/MWh at 02:30 to £415.78/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 45% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2022.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.307.3%Wind 13.2141.6%Gas 6.1719.4%Hydro 0.120.4%Biomass 2.417.6%Nuclear 4.3013.5%Coal 0.712.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.2avgGeneration 29.2avgTransfers −1.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.3GW · 17:15
Low 19.9 · 04:15Avg 28.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain104%of demand
Generation 29.2Transfers −1.0 GW
Net exports20GWh
In
58 Out
79
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 0%Wind 45%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 16 Sept

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 16 September 2022, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 79 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (67 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 16 Sept
Imported
58GWh
Exported
79GWh
Net out
20GWh
Average net flow
0.85GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.53GWImporting

In 14.6 GWhOut 1.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.80GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 67.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.34GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 8.9 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.82GWImporting

In 20.7 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.19GWPumping

Generated 2.5 GWhPumped 7.1 GWh

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