GB National Grid Live Telemetry

Carbon Intensity
199gCO₂/kWh
System Demand
32.86GW
Freq. (Hz)
49.88Hz
Total Gen.
29.11GW
Net Transfers
3.77GW
Wholesale Price
173.68£/MWh
Last Update
15:30BST
System Balancing Volume & Frequency (LIVE)
System Balancing Volume and FrequencyTime series from 03 Oct 16:00 to 06 Oct 15:30, rendered from server-provided data.77950.1928150.09-21750.00-71549.90-121349.8103 Oct 16:0006 Oct 15:30
  • Balancing Volume (MW)
  • System Frequency (Hz)
03 Oct 16:00 to 06 Oct 15:30Hover for values | drag to zoom | double-click to reset

Grid Decarbonisation

35.72% Zero-Carbon
Low-Carbon Output 10.40 GW
Fossil Fuel Output 15.50 GW
Renewables Share 19.43%
Fossil Fuel Share 47.16%
48-hour Carbon Intensity ForecastTime series from 06 Oct 15:30 to 08 Oct 15:00, rendered from server-provided data.2522061611156906 Oct 15:3008 Oct 15:00
  • Carbon Intensity Forecast (gCO₂/kWh)
06 Oct 15:30 to 08 Oct 15:00Hover for values | drag to zoom | double-click to reset

Grid Operations

49.88 Hz -0.10 Hz
Net Transfer Importing 3.77 GW

Fuel & Transfer Breakdown (LIVE)

Fossil Fuels

Gas 15.50 GW 47.2%
Coal 0.00 GW 0.0%

Renewables

Wind 1.75 GW 5.3%
Solar 3.95 GW 12.0%
Hydro 0.68 GW 2.1%

Other Sources

Nuclear 4.01 GW 12.2%
Biomass 3.21 GW 9.8%

Interconnectors

Belgium 0.47 GW 1.4%
Denmark 0.38 GW 1.2%
France 2.76 GW 8.4%
Ireland -1.50 GW -4.6%
Netherlands 0.26 GW 0.8%
Norway 1.40 GW 4.3%

Storage

Pumped Storage -0.02 GW -0.1%
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Regional Carbon Intensity - 14 DNO Regions (LIVE)

very low low moderate high very high
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution
0 gCO₂/kWh
very lowwind
SP Distribution
0 gCO₂/kWh
very lownuclear
Electricity North West
30 gCO₂/kWh
lownuclear
NPG North East
2 gCO₂/kWh
very lowimports
NPG Yorkshire
191 gCO₂/kWh
highbiomass
SP Manweb
257 gCO₂/kWh
very highgas
WPD South Wales
359 gCO₂/kWh
very highgas
WPD West Midlands
237 gCO₂/kWh
very highgas
WPD East Midlands
278 gCO₂/kWh
very highgas
UKPN East
188 gCO₂/kWh
highgas
WPD South West
176 gCO₂/kWh
highsolar
SSE South
238 gCO₂/kWh
very highgas
UKPN London
172 gCO₂/kWh
highimports
UKPN South East
137 gCO₂/kWh
moderateimports