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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 9 October 2022

On Sunday 9 October, demand averaged 26.4 GW. Renewables supplied 54%.

26.4GW AVERAGEWind12.96 GW46%Hydro0.58 GW2%Biomass0.96 GW3%Solar1.61 GW6%Gas5.38 GW19%Imports1.74 GW6%Nuclear4.65 GW17%26.4GW AVERAGE46%19%17%
Price
£132.19/MWh
Day average £132.19
Demand26.4GW
Generation 26.1Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels19%
Renewables54%
Other26%
Carbon intensityLow
93g/kWh
0Day average 93300
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Key moments

On Sunday 9 October 2022, wind supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 19%. Demand peaked at 32.8 GW at 19:05. Carbon intensity averaged 93 g/kWh and the price £132.19/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.6 GW at 11:40. Solar generation peaked at 6.4 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 11:30 (54 g/kWh) and highest at 00:30 (135 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £39.09/MWh at 12:30 to £219.12/MWh at 18:30. Wind made 50% 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 1.615.8%Wind 12.9646.5%Gas 5.3819.3%Hydro 0.582.1%Biomass 0.963.5%Nuclear 4.6516.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.4avgGeneration 26.1avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.8GW · 19:05
Low 18.9 · 04:10Avg 26.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 26.1Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports9GWh
In
37 Out
28
Zero-carbon share76%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 2%Wind 50%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sun 9 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 9 October 2022, Great Britain imported 37 GWh and exported 28 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (18 GWh), and the most exports went to France (17 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 9 Oct
Imported
37GWh
Exported
28GWh
Net in
9GWh
Average net flow
0.38GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.05GWExporting

In 5.1 GWhOut 6.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.70GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 17.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.34GWImporting

In 9.6 GWhOut 1.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.05GWImporting

In 4.7 GWhOut 3.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.75GWImporting

In 17.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 4.4 GWhPumped 8.0 GWh

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