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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 4 November 2022

On Friday 4 November, demand averaged 30.8 GW. Renewables supplied 33%.

30.8GW AVERAGEWind8.86 GW27%Hydro0.79 GW2%Biomass2.01 GW6%Solar1.38 GW4%Gas13.18 GW40%Imports2.44 GW7%Nuclear4.64 GW14%30.8GW AVERAGE27%40%7%14%
Price
£114.83/MWh
Day average £114.83
Demand30.8GW
Generation 30.9Transfers −0.1
Fossil fuels40%
Renewables33%
Other27%
Carbon intensityModerate
170g/kWh
0Day average 170300
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Key moments

On Friday 4 November 2022, gas supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 27%. Demand peaked at 38.0 GW at 17:30. Carbon intensity averaged 170 g/kWh and the price £114.83/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 12.2 GW at 12:20. Solar generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:30 (122 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (216 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £76.30/MWh at 03:30 to £174.04/MWh at 08:00. Gas made 43% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 41% across 2022.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.384.2%Wind 8.8626.6%Gas 13.1839.6%Hydro 0.792.4%Biomass 2.016.0%Nuclear 4.6413.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.8avgGeneration 30.9avgTransfers −0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.0GW · 17:30
Low 21.1 · 03:55Avg 30.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 30.9Transfers −0.1 GW
Net exports0GWh
In
53 Out
53
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 3%Wind 29%Solar 4%

Transfers · Fri 4 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 4 November 2022, Great Britain imported 53 GWh and exported 53 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (29 GWh), and the most exports went to France (46 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 4 Nov
Imported
53GWh
Exported
53GWh
Net out
0GWh
Average net flow
0.00GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.20GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 1.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.65GWExporting

In 6.7 GWhOut 46.4 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.16GWExporting

In 1.5 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.40GWImporting

In 9.8 GWhOut 0.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.22GWImporting

In 29.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.10GWPumping

Generated 5.1 GWhPumped 7.6 GWh

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