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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 16 December 2022

On Friday 16 December, demand averaged 38.6 GW. Renewables supplied 18%.

38.6GW AVERAGEWind6.16 GW16%Hydro0.38 GW1%Biomass1.96 GW5%Solar0.69 GW2%Gas20.41 GW51%Coal1.32 GW3%Imports2.94 GW7%Nuclear5.85 GW15%38.6GW AVERAGE16%51%7%15%
Price
£338.48/MWh
Day average £338.48
Demand38.6GW
Generation 36.8Transfers 1.8
Fossil fuels51%
Renewables18%
Other27%
Carbon intensityHigh
257g/kWh
0Day average 257300
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Key moments

On Friday 16 December 2022, gas supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 16%. Demand peaked at 45.9 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 257 g/kWh and the price £338.48/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 10.2 GW at 23:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.8 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (194 g/kWh) and highest at 05:30 (288 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £221.43/MWh at 03:30 to £516.27/MWh at 08:30. Gas made 55% 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 0.691.7%Wind 6.1615.5%Gas 20.4151.4%Hydro 0.381.0%Biomass 1.964.9%Nuclear 5.8514.7%Coal 1.323.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.6avgGeneration 36.8avgTransfers 1.8avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand45.9GW · 11:30
Low 29.1 · 04:45Avg 38.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 36.8Transfers 1.8 GW
Net imports43GWh
In
60 Out
17
Zero-carbon share36%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 17%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 16 Dec

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 16 December 2022, Great Britain imported 60 GWh and exported 17 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (17 GWh), and the most exports went to France (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 16 Dec
Imported
60GWh
Exported
17GWh
Net in
43GWh
Average net flow
1.78GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.23GWImporting

In 7.9 GWhOut 2.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.13GWImporting

In 15.8 GWhOut 12.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.46GWImporting

In 11.8 GWhOut 0.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.70GWImporting

In 16.8 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.26GWImporting

In 7.4 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 10.9 GWhPumped 9.7 GWh

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