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Power Data

Great Britain

Wholesale price

£72.2/MWh

Demand

33.3 GW

Generation

33.7 GW

Price

72.2/MWh

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Demand

33.3 GW

Current interval

Generation

33.7 GW

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Live Generation

This page shows live electricity generation across Great Britain. You can also see the current wholesale electricity price and how generation is split between fossil fuels and renewables.

THE NATIONAL GRID IS CURRENTLY OPERATING USING 66.0% RENEWABLE ENERGY

Live grid generation mix

A breakdown of all generation sources currently being used by the national grid. When the grid is a net exporter the total will add up to greater than 100%.

Renewable

Wind

16.5 GW49.4%

Solar

5 GW15.0%

Hydro

519 MW1.6%

Total

22 GW66.0%

Fossil Fuels

Gas

3.5 GW10.4%

Total

3.5 GW10.4%

Other

Nuclear

5 GW15.1%

Biomass

2.6 GW7.8%

Other

625 MW1.9%

Total

8.3 GW24.8%

Live grid generation split

The outer ring shows the source breakdown. The inner ring is the split between renewable, fossil fuels and other (mainly biomass).

Domestic generation33.7 GW

Renewable

22 GW66.0%

Fossil Fuels

3.5 GW10.4%

Other

8.3 GW24.8%

Interconnectors

Imports and exports of electricity via country interconnectors. Positive values show imports. Negative values show exports.

France

Import+3.5 GW

Norway

Export−1.5 GW

Denmark

Export−1 GW

Netherlands

Export−878 MW

Belgium

Export−510 MW

Ireland

Import+246 MW

Total

Export−141 MW

Pumped storage

Positive values show generating output. Negative values show pumping demand.

Pumped storage

Pumping−257 MW

Total

Pumping−257 MW

Data and info about this page

Domestic generation is built from Elexon transmission data, with embedded wind and embedded solar added from NESO.

Gas, nuclear, biomass, hydro, coal, other, interconnectors, and pumped storage follow Elexon's latest 5-minute publication. Solar follows NESO's latest half-hour embedded estimate. Wind combines the latest Elexon transmission reading with the latest NESO embedded estimate available for that interval.

Battery storage is intentionally excluded for now. The currently available live reporting only captures discharge, not charging, which would double-count electricity that was already recorded when it was first generated.

Source links: Elexon generation and interconnectors, NESO embedded wind and solar, Elexon wholesale price, Carbon intensity.