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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 January 2023

On Friday 6 January, demand averaged 32.3 GW. Renewables supplied 55%.

32.3GW AVERAGEWind17.37 GW51%Hydro0.71 GW2%Biomass0.59 GW2%Solar0.46 GW1%Gas5.61 GW17%Coal0.26 GW1%Imports3.80 GW11%Nuclear5.22 GW15%32.3GW AVERAGE51%17%11%15%
Price
£115.82/MWh
Day average £115.82
Demand32.3GW
Generation 30.2Transfers 2.0
Fossil fuels17%
Renewables55%
Other28%
Carbon intensityLow
85g/kWh
0Day average 85300
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Key moments

On Friday 6 January 2023, wind supplied 51% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 17%. Demand peaked at 39.6 GW at 17:35. Carbon intensity averaged 85 g/kWh and the price £115.82/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 20.0 GW at 00:45. Solar generation peaked at 2.6 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 22:30 (49 g/kWh) and highest at 17:00 (137 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £20.32/MWh at 23:30 to £167.47/MWh at 17:00. Wind made 57% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 33% across 2023.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.461.4%Wind 17.3751.1%Gas 5.6116.5%Hydro 0.712.1%Biomass 0.591.7%Nuclear 5.2215.3%Coal 0.260.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.3avgGeneration 30.2avgTransfers 2.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.6GW · 17:35
Low 22.7 · 04:45Avg 32.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain94%of demand
Generation 30.2Transfers 2.0 GW
Net imports51GWh
In
81 Out
31
Zero-carbon share79%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 57%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 6 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 January 2023, Great Britain imported 81 GWh and exported 31 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (39 GWh), and the most exports went to France (13 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 Jan
Imported
81GWh
Exported
31GWh
Net in
51GWh
Average net flow
2.11GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.44GWImporting

In 12.9 GWhOut 2.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.09GWImporting

In 38.8 GWhOut 12.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.32GWExporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 8.5 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.45GWImporting

In 12.7 GWhOut 1.9 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.44GWImporting

In 16.1 GWhOut 5.5 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 9.7 GWhPumped 11.4 GWh

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