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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 6 October 2022

On Thursday 6 October, demand averaged 29.4 GW. Renewables supplied 58%.

29.4GW AVERAGEWind16.97 GW51%Hydro0.50 GW2%Biomass0.21 GW1%Solar1.68 GW5%Gas8.03 GW24%Imports1.74 GW5%Nuclear4.00 GW12%29.4GW AVERAGE51%24%12%
Price
£109.27/MWh
Day average £109.27
Demand29.4GW
Generation 31.4Transfers −2.0
Fossil fuels24%
Renewables58%
Other18%
Carbon intensityLow
105g/kWh
0Day average 105300
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Key moments

On Thursday 6 October 2022, wind supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 24%. Demand peaked at 35.4 GW at 12:50. Carbon intensity averaged 105 g/kWh and the price £109.27/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.1 GW at 13:05. Solar generation peaked at 6.8 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (63 g/kWh) and highest at 18:00 (155 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£28.20/MWh at 02:30 to £200.33/MWh at 07:30. The price was below zero for 4 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 1.685.1%Wind 16.9751.2%Gas 8.0324.2%Hydro 0.501.5%Biomass 0.210.6%Nuclear 4.0012.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 29.4avgGeneration 31.4avgTransfers −2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.4GW · 12:50
Low 20.7 · 02:55Avg 29.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain107%of demand
Generation 31.4Transfers −2.0 GW
Net exports45GWh
In
37 Out
82
Zero-carbon share74%of generation
Nuclear 13%Hydro 2%Wind 54%Solar 5%

Transfers · Thu 6 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 6 October 2022, Great Britain imported 37 GWh and exported 82 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (49 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 6 Oct
Imported
37GWh
Exported
82GWh
Net out
45GWh
Average net flow
1.87GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.66GWExporting

In 1.0 GWhOut 16.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.05GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 49.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.26GWImporting

In 7.6 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.35GWExporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 14.5 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.13GWPumping

Generated 4.9 GWhPumped 8.1 GWh

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