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Great Britain’s electricity on Sunday 16 October 2022

On Sunday 16 October, demand averaged 26.3 GW. Renewables supplied 50%.

26.3GW AVERAGEWind12.70 GW43%Hydro0.52 GW2%Biomass1.76 GW6%Solar1.55 GW5%Gas7.05 GW24%Imports1.67 GW6%Nuclear4.20 GW14%26.3GW AVERAGE43%24%14%
Price
£101.98/MWh
Day average £101.98
Demand26.3GW
Generation 27.8Transfers −1.5
Fossil fuels24%
Renewables50%
Other26%
Carbon intensityLow
107g/kWh
0Day average 107300
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Key moments

On Sunday 16 October 2022, wind supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 24%. Demand peaked at 32.7 GW at 18:30. Carbon intensity averaged 107 g/kWh and the price £101.98/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.6 GW at 04:25. Solar generation peaked at 6.9 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 07:00 (58 g/kWh) and highest at 17:30 (208 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £42.37/MWh at 02:30 to £186.97/MWh at 19:00. Wind made 46% 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 1.555.2%Wind 12.7043.1%Gas 7.0523.9%Hydro 0.521.8%Biomass 1.766.0%Nuclear 4.2014.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.3avgGeneration 27.8avgTransfers −1.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.7GW · 18:30
Low 19.3 · 04:40Avg 26.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain106%of demand
Generation 27.8Transfers −1.5 GW
Net exports32GWh
In
34 Out
66
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 46%Solar 6%

Transfers · Sun 16 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Sunday 16 October 2022, Great Britain imported 34 GWh and exported 66 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (12 GWh), and the most exports went to France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sun 16 Oct
Imported
34GWh
Exported
66GWh
Net out
32GWh
Average net flow
1.33GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.09GWImporting

In 7.6 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.81GWExporting

In 3.0 GWhOut 46.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.04GWExporting

In 3.5 GWhOut 4.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.01GWExporting

In 7.0 GWhOut 7.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.44GWImporting

In 12.5 GWhOut 2.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 6.5 GWhPumped 10.0 GWh

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