GB National Grid Live Telemetry

Carbon Intensity
111gCO₂/kWh
System Demand
32.58GW
Freq. (Hz)
49.84Hz
Total Gen.
30.07GW
Net Transfers
2.62GW
Wholesale Price
113.32£/MWh
Last Update
15:30BST
System Balancing Volume & Frequency (LIVE)
System Balancing Volume and FrequencyTime series from 04 Oct 16:00 to 05 Oct 15:30, rendered from server-provided data.26650.19-10450.10-47350.01-84349.92-121349.8304 Oct 16:0005 Oct 15:30
  • Balancing Volume (MW)
  • System Frequency (Hz)
04 Oct 16:00 to 05 Oct 15:30Hover for values | drag to zoom | double-click to reset

Grid Decarbonisation

75.38% Zero-Carbon
Low-Carbon Output 22.67 GW
Fossil Fuel Output 5.26 GW
Renewables Share 57.30%
Fossil Fuel Share 16.13%
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

49.84 Hz -0.12 Hz
Net Transfer Importing 2.62 GW

Fuel & Transfer Breakdown (LIVE)

Fossil Fuels

Gas 5.26 GW 16.1%
Coal 0.00 GW 0.0%

Renewables

Wind 12.90 GW 39.6%
Solar 5.35 GW 16.4%
Hydro 0.42 GW 1.3%

Other Sources

Nuclear 4.00 GW 12.3%
Biomass 2.14 GW 6.6%

Interconnectors

Belgium 0.05 GW 0.2%
Denmark 1.43 GW 4.4%
France 1.16 GW 3.6%
Ireland -1.50 GW -4.6%
Netherlands 0.68 GW 2.1%
Norway 0.80 GW 2.4%

Storage

Pumped Storage -0.11 GW -0.3%
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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