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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 9 November 2022

On Wednesday 9 November, demand averaged 31.5 GW. Renewables supplied 51%.

31.5GW AVERAGEWind16.51 GW47%Hydro0.50 GW1%Biomass1.54 GW4%Solar1.00 GW3%Gas9.16 GW26%Coal0.05 GW0%Imports1.95 GW6%Nuclear4.64 GW13%31.5GW AVERAGE47%26%13%
Price
£90.53/MWh
Day average £90.53
Demand31.5GW
Generation 33.4Transfers −1.9
Fossil fuels26%
Renewables51%
Other23%
Carbon intensityLow
113g/kWh
0Day average 113300
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Key moments

On Wednesday 9 November 2022, wind supplied 47% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 26%. Demand peaked at 39.0 GW at 18:25. Carbon intensity averaged 113 g/kWh and the price £90.53/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.2 GW at 21:35. Solar generation peaked at 4.6 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 01:00 (65 g/kWh) and highest at 16:00 (165 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £12.50/MWh at 23:00 to £185.30/MWh at 17:00. Wind made 49% 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 1.002.8%Wind 16.5146.7%Gas 9.1625.9%Hydro 0.501.4%Biomass 1.544.3%Nuclear 4.6413.1%Coal 0.050.1%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.5avgGeneration 33.4avgTransfers −1.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.0GW · 18:25
Low 21.8 · 04:00Avg 31.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain106%of demand
Generation 33.4Transfers −1.9 GW
Net exports43GWh
In
40 Out
84
Zero-carbon share68%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 49%Solar 3%

Transfers · Wed 9 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 9 November 2022, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 84 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (26 GWh), and the most exports went to France (68 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 9 Nov
Imported
40GWh
Exported
84GWh
Net out
43GWh
Average net flow
1.81GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.16GWExporting

In 2.5 GWhOut 6.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.82GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 67.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.25GWImporting

In 7.1 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.17GWExporting

In 4.3 GWhOut 8.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.10GWImporting

In 26.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 6.7 GWhPumped 8.3 GWh

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