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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 28 October 2022

On Friday 28 October, demand averaged 28.7 GW. Renewables supplied 48%.

28.7GW AVERAGEWind14.25 GW43%Hydro0.57 GW2%Biomass0.58 GW2%Solar1.13 GW3%Gas11.26 GW34%Imports0.59 GW2%Nuclear4.62 GW14%28.7GW AVERAGE43%34%14%
Price
£86.44/MWh
Day average £86.44
Demand28.7GW
Generation 32.4Transfers −3.7
Fossil fuels34%
Renewables48%
Other18%
Carbon intensityModerate
144g/kWh
0Day average 144300
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Key moments

On Friday 28 October 2022, wind supplied 43% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 34%. Demand peaked at 35.0 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 144 g/kWh and the price £86.44/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 19.2 GW at 09:35. Solar generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 03:00 (93 g/kWh) and highest at 17:30 (193 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £58.00/MWh at 04:30 to £118.16/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 44% 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 1.133.4%Wind 14.2543.2%Gas 11.2634.1%Hydro 0.571.7%Biomass 0.581.7%Nuclear 4.6214.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 28.7avgGeneration 32.4avgTransfers −3.7avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.0GW · 12:30
Low 20.5 · 04:10Avg 28.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain113%of demand
Generation 32.4Transfers −3.7 GW
Net exports86GWh
In
10 Out
96
Zero-carbon share63%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 2%Wind 44%Solar 3%

Transfers · Fri 28 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 28 October 2022, Great Britain imported 10 GWh and exported 96 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Ireland (9 GWh), and the most exports went to France (61 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 28 Oct
Imported
10GWh
Exported
96GWh
Net out
86GWh
Average net flow
3.59GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.42GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 10.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.53GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 60.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.34GWImporting

In 8.5 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.37GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 10.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.60GWExporting

In 0.1 GWhOut 14.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.15GWPumping

Generated 3.8 GWhPumped 7.4 GWh

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