Time
3:25 pm
Price
£89.95/MWh
Emissions
54g/kWh
Demand
22.4GW
=
Generation
18.4GW
+
Transfers
4.0GW
Great Britain · Live grid data · Updated 3:25 pm
Right now
Where Britain's power comes from
Live generation, interconnectors and storage · Saturday, 1 August 2026.
Generation
Generation
18.3GW
82.2%
Note: percentages are relative to demand, so will exceed 100% if power is being exported
11.4% fossil fuels
Natural Gas2.55GW11.4%
Coal—GW —%
52.2% renewables
Wind5.89GW26.4%
Solar5.67GW25.4%
Hydroelectric0.09GW0.4%
18.6% low-carbon & other
Nuclear3.37GW15.1%
Biomass0.77GW3.5%
20.3% interconnectors
France3.70GW16.6%
Ireland1.33GW6.0%
Netherlands0.67GW3.0%
Norway0.67GW3.0%
Belgium0.62GW2.8%
Denmark0.20GW0.9%
2.5% storage
Pumped storage0.56GW2.5%
Battery storage—GW —%
Trends
Historical performance
Track how Britain's grid behaves across time from the last day to the long-term transition.
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Carbon
54g/kWh
Min
54
Avg
116
Max
184
The bigger picture
Britain's energy transition
From coal to wind and the open project tracking it all.
Britain is shifting from fossil fuels to wind-led clean power. Right now, wind is leading the generation mix, and renewables are supplying 5202.2% of demand.
Live wind
5.89 GW
2630.8% of national demand
Clean total
15.79 GW
low-carbon generation now
Wind + solar right now
11.56 GW
Variable renewables currently on the grid
Historical record and milestone data require a long-term data store and are not yet available without the database.