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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 5 October 2022

On Wednesday 5 October, demand averaged 29.0 GW. Renewables supplied 54%.

29.0GW AVERAGEWind16.25 GW51%Hydro0.49 GW2%Biomass1.56 GW5%Solar0.70 GW2%Gas7.00 GW22%Imports1.74 GW5%Nuclear4.31 GW13%29.0GW AVERAGE51%22%13%
Price
£128.74/MWh
Day average £128.74
Demand29.0GW
Generation 30.3Transfers −1.3
Fossil fuels22%
Renewables54%
Other24%
Carbon intensityLow
101g/kWh
0Day average 101300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 5 October 2022, wind supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 22%. Demand peaked at 35.6 GW at 19:00. Carbon intensity averaged 101 g/kWh and the price £128.74/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.4 GW at 19:15. Solar generation peaked at 2.5 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:30 (58 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (131 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£31.12/MWh at 23:30 to £228.94/MWh at 07:30. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 54% 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 0.702.2%Wind 16.2550.7%Gas 7.0021.8%Hydro 0.491.5%Biomass 1.564.9%Nuclear 4.3113.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.0avgGeneration 30.3avgTransfers −1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.6GW · 19:00
Low 20.3 · 03:25Avg 29.00–40 GW
Made in Great Britain104%of demand
Generation 30.3Transfers −1.3 GW
Net exports33GWh
In
35 Out
68
Zero-carbon share72%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 2%Wind 54%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 5 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 5 October 2022, Great Britain imported 35 GWh and exported 68 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (16 GWh), and the most exports went to France (49 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 5 Oct
Imported
35GWh
Exported
68GWh
Net out
33GWh
Average net flow
1.37GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.15GWExporting

In 5.1 GWhOut 8.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.02GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 48.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.34GWImporting

In 8.3 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.15GWExporting

In 6.3 GWhOut 10.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.61GWImporting

In 15.6 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWGenerating

Generated 6.4 GWhPumped 4.7 GWh

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