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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 7 October 2022

On Friday 7 October, demand averaged 28.8 GW. Renewables supplied 59%.

28.8GW AVERAGEWind16.89 GW53%Hydro0.60 GW2%Biomass0.73 GW2%Solar1.25 GW4%Gas5.89 GW19%Imports2.00 GW6%Nuclear4.26 GW13%28.8GW AVERAGE53%19%13%
Price
£148.60/MWh
Day average £148.60
Demand28.8GW
Generation 29.6Transfers −0.8
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables59%
Other22%
Carbon intensityLow
86g/kWh
0Day average 86300
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Key moments

On Friday 7 October 2022, wind supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 11:55. Carbon intensity averaged 86 g/kWh and the price £148.60/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.8 GW at 11:40. Solar generation peaked at 4.9 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:30 (56 g/kWh) and highest at 16:30 (136 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£38.66/MWh at 05:00 to £374.71/MWh at 18:00. The price was below zero for 2 hours. Wind made 57% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2022.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.253.9%Wind 16.8953.4%Gas 5.8918.6%Hydro 0.601.9%Biomass 0.732.3%Nuclear 4.2613.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.8avgGeneration 29.6avgTransfers −0.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 11:55
Low 20.4 · 04:45Avg 28.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain103%of demand
Generation 29.6Transfers −0.8 GW
Net exports18GWh
In
40 Out
58
Zero-carbon share78%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 2%Wind 57%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 7 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 7 October 2022, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 58 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (21 GWh), and the most exports went to France (30 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 7 Oct
Imported
40GWh
Exported
58GWh
Net out
18GWh
Average net flow
0.75GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.18GWExporting

In 7.2 GWhOut 11.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.24GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 29.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.02GWExporting

In 4.2 GWhOut 4.8 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.19GWExporting

In 7.1 GWhOut 11.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.89GWImporting

In 21.5 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.04GWPumping

Generated 7.9 GWhPumped 8.9 GWh

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