Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 16 November 2022

On Wednesday 16 November, demand averaged 31.7 GW. Renewables supplied 35%.

31.7GW AVERAGEWind10.76 GW31%Hydro0.72 GW2%Biomass2.04 GW6%Solar0.56 GW2%Gas14.24 GW41%Coal0.31 GW1%Imports2.11 GW6%Nuclear4.00 GW12%31.7GW AVERAGE31%41%12%
Price
£168.21/MWh
Day average £168.21
Demand31.7GW
Generation 32.6Transfers −1.0
Fossil fuels41%
Renewables35%
Other23%
Carbon intensityModerate
176g/kWh
0Day average 176300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Wednesday 16 November 2022, gas supplied 41% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 31%. Demand peaked at 39.4 GW at 17:15. Carbon intensity averaged 176 g/kWh and the price £168.21/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 13.3 GW at 17:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.1 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (88 g/kWh) and highest at 08:00 (223 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £61.37/MWh at 23:00 to £270.94/MWh at 16:30. Gas made 44% 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 0.561.6%Wind 10.7631.0%Gas 14.2441.0%Hydro 0.722.1%Biomass 2.045.9%Nuclear 4.0011.5%Coal 0.310.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 31.7avgGeneration 32.6avgTransfers −1.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.4GW · 17:15
Low 22.2 · 04:00Avg 31.70–40 GW
Made in Great Britain103%of demand
Generation 32.6Transfers −1.0 GW
Net exports28GWh
In
40 Out
68
Zero-carbon share49%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 2%Wind 33%Solar 2%

Transfers · Wed 16 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 16 November 2022, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 68 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (27 GWh), and the most exports went to France (41 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 16 Nov
Imported
40GWh
Exported
68GWh
Net out
28GWh
Average net flow
1.17GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.03GWImporting

In 5.0 GWhOut 4.2 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.64GWExporting

In 1.6 GWhOut 41.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.76GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 18.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.06GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 4.6 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.14GWImporting

In 27.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.22GWGenerating

Generated 10.6 GWhPumped 5.3 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.