{"id":1835,"date":"2023-02-28T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2023-02-28T09:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:45:34","slug":"power-system-records-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/?p=1835","title":{"rendered":"Power system records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dr Iain Staffell, Professor Richard Green, Professor Tim Green and Dr Malte Jansen&nbsp;&#8211; Imperial College London, Dr Malte Jansen &#8211; University of Sussex, Professor Rob Gross &#8211; UK Energy Research Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wind and solar power both recorded their highest ever annual output in 2022, with wind producing 13% more than its previous record from 2020.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalGridESO\/status\/1610284494262571009?t=MowjHy7tyui5vWfHkwF_ZQ&amp;s=09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wind power had an excellent quarter<\/a>, also beating its instantaneous and daily production records in November and December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of December stands out with two exceptional days for the power system.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/electricinsights.co.uk\/#\/dashboard?start=2022-12-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On the 29<sup>th<\/sup><\/a>, gas and fossil fuels had their minimum instantaneous and daily output, falling to a combined low of 1.64 GW in the early afternoon.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/electricinsights.co.uk\/#\/dashboard?start=2022-12-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On the 30<sup>th<\/sup><\/a>, two-thirds of the country\u2019s electricity came from wind power alone, giving rise to the lowest carbon emissions seen to date: the first ever day when electricity averaged under 50 g\/kWh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 also saw records broken for coal, which fell to its lowest ever generation over the year, and power prices which hit an all-time high of \u00a3200\/MWh averaged over the year.&nbsp;Exports tripled from their 2010 record of 1.9% of generation to 5.8% of generation this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tables below look over the past decade (2009 to 2022) and report the record output and share of electricity generation, plus sustained averages over a day, a month and a calendar year.&nbsp;Cells highlighted in blue are records that were broken in the fourth quarter of 2022.&nbsp;Each number links to the date it occurred on the Electric Insights website, so these records can be explored visually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chart-8-432x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chart-8-432x1024.png 432w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chart-8-127x300.png 127w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chart-8-768x1821.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chart-8-648x1536.png 648w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chart-8-864x2048.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/sup>&nbsp;Note that Britain has no inter-seasonal electricity storage, so we only report on half-hourly and daily records.&nbsp;&nbsp;Elexon and National Grid only report the output of large pumped hydro storage plants.&nbsp;&nbsp;The operation of battery, flywheel and other storage sites is not publicly available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind and solar power both recorded their highest ever annual output in 2022, with wind producing 13% more than its previous 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