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Carbon Intensity

125gCO₂/kWh

System Demand

29.38GW

Freq. (Hz)

49.85Hz

Total Gen.

28.16GW

Net Transfers

1.45GW

Wholesale Price

90.83£/MWh

Last Update

15:30BST

System Balancing Volume & Frequency (LIVE)

Balancing Volume (MW)
System Frequency (Hz)

19 Sep 15:30 to 06 Oct 15:30Hover for values | drag to zoom | double-click to reset

Grid Decarbonisation

60.05% Zero-Carbon

Low-Carbon Output 16.92 GW

Fossil Fuel Output 9.06 GW

Renewables Share 49.03%

Fossil Fuel Share 30.82%

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

49.85 Hz -0.07 Hz

Net Transfer Importing 1.45 GW

Fuel & Transfer Breakdown (LIVE)

Fossil Fuels

Gas 9.06 GW 30.8%

Coal 0.00 GW 0.0%

Renewables

Wind 8.57 GW 29.2%

Solar 5.35 GW 18.2%

Hydro 0.49 GW 1.7%

Other Sources

Nuclear 2.51 GW 8.5%

Biomass 2.19 GW 7.5%

Interconnectors

Belgium -1.02 GW -3.5%

Denmark -1.04 GW -3.5%

France 2.99 GW 10.2%

Ireland 0.19 GW 0.7%

Netherlands -1.07 GW -3.7%

Norway 1.40 GW 4.8%

Storage

Pumped Storage -0.23 GW -0.8%

Battery -- --

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