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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 8 November 2022

On Tuesday 8 November, demand averaged 31.4 GW. Renewables supplied 56%.

31.4GW AVERAGEWind17.77 GW53%Hydro0.53 GW2%Biomass0.41 GW1%Solar0.68 GW2%Gas7.43 GW22%Imports2.38 GW7%Nuclear4.64 GW14%31.4GW AVERAGE53%22%7%14%
Price
£98.54/MWh
Day average £98.54
Demand31.4GW
Generation 31.5Transfers −0.1
Fossil fuels22%
Renewables56%
Other22%
Carbon intensityLow
98g/kWh
0Day average 98300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 8 November 2022, wind supplied 53% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 22%. Demand peaked at 38.7 GW at 17:00. Carbon intensity averaged 98 g/kWh and the price £98.54/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 19.7 GW at 11:30. Solar generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 11:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (64 g/kWh) and highest at 16:00 (138 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £12.72/MWh at 03:00 to £153.17/MWh at 18:00. Wind made 56% 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 0.682.0%Wind 17.7752.5%Gas 7.4322.0%Hydro 0.531.6%Biomass 0.411.2%Nuclear 4.6413.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.4avgGeneration 31.5avgTransfers −0.1avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.7GW · 17:00
Low 21.4 · 04:20Avg 31.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 31.5Transfers −0.1 GW
Net exports2GWh
In
50 Out
52
Zero-carbon share75%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 2%Wind 56%Solar 2%

Transfers · Tue 8 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 8 November 2022, Great Britain imported 50 GWh and exported 52 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (42 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 8 Nov
Imported
50GWh
Exported
52GWh
Net out
2GWh
Average net flow
0.09GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.30GWImporting

In 11.3 GWhOut 4.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.76GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 42.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.21GWImporting

In 6.6 GWhOut 1.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.22GWImporting

In 9.3 GWhOut 4.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.94GWImporting

In 22.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWPumping

Generated 7.5 GWhPumped 7.8 GWh

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