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United Kingdom

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The price of electricity today

The source has not published today’s day-ahead auction. The figures appear as soon as it does.

Grid snapshot

Demand, generation and balance, updated every minute.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

National consumption
35,504MW
▲ +2,261 MW vs a day ago
Domestic production
33,475MW
2,029 MW below consumption. The real border balance is measured separately.
▲ +295 MW vs a day ago
Importing now
326MW
Measured on the interconnectors, 0.9% of consumption. The 2,029 MW difference from “consumption minus production” is expected: generation-by-source as published does not cover everything that is generated.
▼ −1,964 MW vs a day ago
Solar production
4MW
▼ −3,115 MW vs a day ago
Nuclear now
4,937MW
14.7% of production, baseload.
CO₂ estimated
196g/kWhestimated

Physical cross-border flows

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

Who we sold energy to

Who we sold energy to when they needed it — last 30 days

data for the last 30 days · 30 days covered

  • Ireland 410.58 GWh
    711 MW on average · 29.2%
  • Denmark 334.50 GWh
    738 MW on average · 23.8%
  • France 314.59 GWh
    1,136 MW on average · 22.3%
  • Netherlands 185.48 GWh
    607 MW on average · 13.2%
  • Belgium 162.81 GWh
    460 MW on average · 11.6%

What we sent our neighbours, per border. Energy summed from quarter-hour averages over the days actually covered by the archive. The average power is over the hours in which it flowed this way, not over every hour. A country can appear in both lists: with the same neighbour we import in some hours and export in others.

Who we bought energy from

Who sold us energy when we needed it — last 30 days

data for the last 30 days · 30 days covered

  • Denmark 1,070.48 GWh
    1,087 MW on average · 45.2%
  • France 878.25 GWh
    2,057 MW on average · 37.0%
  • Netherlands 274.32 GWh
    662 MW on average · 11.6%
  • Belgium 128.34 GWh
    352 MW on average · 5.4%
  • Ireland 19.26 GWh
    163 MW on average · 0.8%

What our neighbours sent us, per border. Energy summed from quarter-hour averages over the days actually covered by the archive. The average power is over the hours in which it flowed this way, not over every hour. A country can appear in both lists: with the same neighbour we import in some hours and export in others.

Energy sources

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

Natural gas
10,089MW
30.1% of total
Offshore wind
9,470MW
28.3% of total
Nuclear
4,937MW
14.7% of total
Onshore wind
3,890MW
11.6% of total
Biomass
2,996MW
8.9% of total
Other sources
1,459MW
4.4% of total
Run-of-river hydro
478MW
1.4% of total
Pumped-storage hydro
152MW
0.5% of total
Solar
4MW
0.0% of total
Hard coal
0MW
0.0% of total
Oil
0MW
0.0% of total

Source shares

Every source, with its share and the emission factor used in the carbon estimate.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

Natural gas: 10089 MW Offshore wind: 9470 MW Nuclear: 4937 MW Onshore wind: 3890 MW Biomass: 2996 MW Other sources: 1459 MW Run-of-river hydro: 478 MW 33,475 MW total
  • Natural gas 30% 10,089MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    147.7 g/kWh
  • Offshore wind 28% 9,470MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    3.4 g/kWh
  • Nuclear 15% 4,937MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    1.8 g/kWh
  • Onshore wind 12% 3,890MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    11 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    1.3 g/kWh
  • Biomass 9% 2,996MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    230 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    20.6 g/kWh
  • Other sources 4% 1,459MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    21.4 g/kWh
  • Run-of-river hydro 1% 478MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.3 g/kWh
  • Pumped-storage hydro 0% 152MW
    Renewable
    no — storage, not generation: the energy was counted once, when the water was pumped
    Emission factor
    0 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.0 g/kWh
  • Solar 0% 4MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    45 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.0 g/kWh

Renewable energy

Share of clean sources in total production.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

Offshore wind: 9470 MW · Onshore wind: 3890 MW · Biomass: 2996 MW · Run-of-river hydro: 478 MW · Solar: 4 MW 50,3% of production
  • Offshore wind9,470 MW
  • Onshore wind3,890 MW
  • Biomass2,996 MW
  • Run-of-river hydro478 MW
  • Solar4 MW

Energy radar

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

3.340 6.680 10.020 13.360 Solar: 4 MW Wind: 13360 MW Hydro: 630 MW Nuclear: 4937 MW Gas: 10089 MW Coal: 0 MW Solar Wind Hydro Nuclear Gas Coal
Denmark 1.215 MW import France 1.086 MW export Netherlands 983 MW import Ireland 514 MW export Belgium 271 MW export UNITED KINGDOM cross-border energy flows THE NATIONAL POWER SYSTEM IN ITS REGIONAL CONNECTIONS Import into United Kingdom (energy coming in) Export from United Kingdom (energy going out) Total cross-border exchange 4.070 MW Import 2.198 MW Export 1.872 MW 0 50 100 200 km N

The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 20 October at 08:30. The transmission grid is not shown: we do not have its routes for this country yet.

Exchanges with neighbours

Green = United Kingdom exports, orange = United Kingdom imports.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

Denmark Denmark: 1215 MW France France: 1086 MW Netherlands Netherlands: 983 MW Ireland Ireland: 514 MW Belgium Belgium: 271 MW 0

The price right now, across Europe

The interval in progress, live data from right now, in every bidding zone we have a price for.

live data · as of 20/10/2026, 09:45:00

Average across zones: 172 EUR/MWh.

  1. 1 RS 255EUR/MWh
  2. 2 CH 252EUR/MWh
  3. 3 ME 250EUR/MWh
  4. 3 IT (CENTRE_NORTH) 250EUR/MWh
  5. 3 IT (NORTH) 250EUR/MWh
  6. 6 IT (CENTRE_SOUTH) 229EUR/MWh
  7. 6 IT (SARDINIA) 229EUR/MWh
  8. 8 IE 225EUR/MWh
  9. 9 MK 220EUR/MWh
  10. 10 AT 212EUR/MWh
  11. 10 SI 212EUR/MWh
  12. 12 HR 208EUR/MWh
  13. 13 RO 203EUR/MWh
  14. 13 BG 203EUR/MWh
  15. 15 HU 202EUR/MWh
  16. 16 BE 195EUR/MWh
  17. 16 FR 195EUR/MWh
  18. 16 PT 195EUR/MWh
  19. 19 SK 193EUR/MWh
  20. 20 CZ 184EUR/MWh
  21. 20 AL 184EUR/MWh
  22. 20 XK 184EUR/MWh
  23. 23 PL 182EUR/MWh
  24. 24 IT (CALABRIA) 180EUR/MWh
  25. 24 IT (SICILY) 180EUR/MWh
  26. 24 IT (SOUTH) 180EUR/MWh
  27. 27 ES 178EUR/MWh
  28. 28 DK (DK2) 172EUR/MWh
  29. 29 DE and LU 171EUR/MWh
  30. 30 DK (DK1) 169EUR/MWh
  31. 31 NO (NO5) 166EUR/MWh
  32. 32 NO (NO2) 164EUR/MWh
  33. 32 NO (NO1) 164EUR/MWh
  34. 34 SE (SE4) 160EUR/MWh
  35. 35 NO (NO3) 153EUR/MWh
  36. 36 NL 150EUR/MWh
  37. 37 SE (SE3) 108EUR/MWh
  38. 38 SE (SE2) 102EUR/MWh
  39. 39 EE 89EUR/MWh
  40. 39 LV 89EUR/MWh
  41. 39 FI 89EUR/MWh
  42. 42 SE (SE1) 85EUR/MWh
  43. 43 TR 42EUR/MWh
  44. 44 NO (NO4) 27EUR/MWh
  45. 45 GR 0EUR/MWh

Wholesale prices for the interval covering this moment, bidding zone by bidding zone — countries with several zones appear once per zone, with its code in brackets. The average is arithmetic across zones, not weighted by demand: a small zone counts as much as a large one. The figures exclude network tariffs, excise duty and VAT.

What balancing cost, in the last 24 hours

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

Who consumes: the base, the work rhythm, the day

An estimate from the shape of the consumption curve, not a measurement by customer category — that is not published in real time. Three parts: what never stops, what runs in shifts on working days, what switches on during the day.

archive up to 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

The base, non-stop
21,655MW
75.9% of the week's average · the Sunday-night floor: fridges, servers, installations that never stop
The work rhythm
1,864MW
6.5% of the week's average · how much more a working night carries than a Sunday night: the shifts
The day
5,016MW
17.6% of the week's average · what exceeds the working-night floor, on average: offices, shops, homes awake

Over the last seven days consumption averaged 28,535 MW and ranged between 21,213 and 39,560 MW.

How it was measured: the median of the 02–05 hours over 7 Sunday mornings (21,655 MW) and over 26 working mornings, Tuesday to Friday (23,519 MW), across the last 8 weeks; the average over the last seven days. The parts are cut from one another in order and add up exactly to the average.

The parts are shapes of the curve, not customer categories: the base holds every household's fridge as well as a plant that never stops; the day holds single-shift factories too. “Industrial” and “household” would be words these data cannot defend.

The operator's consumption forecast

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

Units out of service

Unavailable capacity, now and over the next two weeks

14,039 MW out now

Unit Lost Period
HINBNuclear · HINB-8 700 MW 24 May – 31 Dec forced
HINBNuclear · HINB-7 700 MW 15 Jun – 31 Dec forced
HRTLNuclear · HRTL-2 666 MW 19 Mar – 1 Jan forced
HRTLNuclear · HRTL-1 666 MW 19 Mar – 1 Jan forced
HEYM1Nuclear · HEYM11 666 MW 31 Mar – 1 Jan forced
HEYM1Nuclear 666 MW 31 Mar – 1 Jan forced
DNGBNuclear · DNGB21 660 MW 11 Sept – 31 Dec forced
HUNBNuclear · HUNB-7 660 MW 21 Nov – 31 Dec forced
DNGBNuclear 660 MW 11 Sept – 31 Dec forced
HUNBNuclear 660 MW 3 Jan – 31 Dec forced

and 18 more

How much prosumers produce right now

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

Today's solar, hour by hour

Measured hourly average for the current local day. The running hour only shows what has accumulated so far.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

2 4 00:00 — 0 MW 01:00 — 0 MW 02:00 — 0 MW 03:00 — 0 MW 04:00 — 0 MW 05:00 — 0 MW 06:00 — 0 MW 07:00 — 4 MW 00 06 12 18 23

Today's wind, hour by hour

Measured hourly average for the current local day. The running hour only shows what has accumulated so far.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

6680 13360 00:00 — 10199 MW 01:00 — 10229 MW 02:00 — 10631 MW 03:00 — 10979 MW 04:00 — 11404 MW 05:00 — 12312 MW 06:00 — 12844 MW 07:00 — 13360 MW 00 06 12 18 23

Today's storage, hour by hour

Deduced, not read from a key: the generation the feed includes in its total without itemising — by its behaviour, battery discharge. The bar is the hour's average, the dotted line the hour's peak power.

delayed data · as of 20/10/2026, 07:00:00

730 1459 00:00 — 588 MW 01:00 — 518 MW 02:00 — 325 MW 03:00 — 361 MW 04:00 — 222 MW 05:00 — 231 MW 06:00 — 449 MW 07:00 — 1459 MW MW — vârf 00 06 12 18 23

The Transelectrica feed has no storage key. The figure is the difference between the published total and the named sources: constant at night, near zero by day — the behaviour of a discharging battery. It is a deduction labelled as such, not a measurement.

How we estimated 196 g CO₂/kWh

This is an estimate, not a measurement. There is no official carbon-intensity measurement for this country, so we compute it from the production mix.

Σ(source generation × source factor) / Σ(generation), over positive values, with life-cycle factors.

The factors are life-cycle values — they include construction and fuel, not just combustion. That is why solar, wind and nuclear are not zero. Source: IPCC AR5 WG3, Anexa III, Tabelul A.III.2 (mediane), version 1.

SourceMWg/kWh
Natural gas10,089490
Offshore wind9,47012
Nuclear4,93712
Onshore wind3,89011
Biomass2,996230
Other sources1,459490
Run-of-river hydro47824
Pumped-storage hydro1520
Solar445

Energy news

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Installed capacity

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

How the renewable share is computed

Σ(renewable sources, positive values only) / Σ(all sources, positive only).

Numerator: Offshore wind, Onshore wind, Biomass, Run-of-river hydro, Solar.

Denominator: 33,475 MW.

Pumped-storage hydro and waste are not counted as renewable — the first would double-count energy, the second is partly fossil and its biogenic fraction cannot honestly be separated.

Consumption — 24 hours

24 hours 48 hours 7 days 30 days 90 days 1 year all
25,00030,00035,00040,000 10:00 AM09:30 PM09:00 AM

47 points, PT5M resolution. Long ranges are served from precomputed aggregates — a one-year chart from per-minute data would push hundreds of thousands of points into the browser for nothing. Our archive starts at 2015-01-01 00:00 UTC.

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