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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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

National consumption
36,373MW
▲ +3,063 MW vs a day ago
Domestic production
36,770MW
Covers all national consumption; the 397 MW surplus (1.1%) goes to export.
▲ +4,379 MW vs a day ago
Importing now
1,199MW
Measured on the interconnectors, 3.3% of consumption. The 397 MW difference from “consumption minus production” is expected: generation-by-source as published does not cover everything that is generated.
▲ +1,461 MW vs a day ago
Solar production
0MW
unchanged vs a day ago
Nuclear now
5,130MW
14.0% of production, baseload.
CO₂ estimated
359g/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 406.79 GWh
    734 MW on average · 30.0%
  • Denmark 348.26 GWh
    725 MW on average · 25.7%
  • France 340.86 GWh
    1,114 MW on average · 25.1%
  • Belgium 132.41 GWh
    450 MW on average · 9.8%
  • Netherlands 128.04 GWh
    350 MW on average · 9.4%

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 969.25 GWh
    1,018 MW on average · 45.8%
  • France 700.27 GWh
    1,738 MW on average · 33.1%
  • Netherlands 232.09 GWh
    658 MW on average · 11.0%
  • Belgium 192.87 GWh
    454 MW on average · 9.1%
  • Ireland 20.28 GWh
    143 MW on average · 1.0%

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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

Natural gas
23,206MW
63.1% of total
Nuclear
5,130MW
14.0% of total
Biomass
3,257MW
8.9% of total
Other sources
2,005MW
5.5% of total
Onshore wind
1,077MW
2.9% of total
Run-of-river hydro
831MW
2.3% of total
Pumped-storage hydro
751MW
2.0% of total
Offshore wind
513MW
1.4% of total
Hard coal
0MW
0.0% of total
Oil
0MW
0.0% of total
Solar
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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

Natural gas: 23206 MW Nuclear: 5130 MW Biomass: 3257 MW Other sources: 2005 MW Onshore wind: 1077 MW Run-of-river hydro: 831 MW Pumped-storage hydro: 751 MW Offshore wind: 513 MW 36,770 MW total
  • Natural gas 63% 23,206MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    309.2 g/kWh
  • Nuclear 14% 5,130MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    1.7 g/kWh
  • Biomass 9% 3,257MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    230 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    20.4 g/kWh
  • Other sources 5% 2,005MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    26.7 g/kWh
  • Onshore wind 3% 1,077MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    11 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.3 g/kWh
  • Run-of-river hydro 2% 831MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.5 g/kWh
  • Pumped-storage hydro 2% 751MW
    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
  • Offshore wind 1% 513MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.2 g/kWh

Renewable energy

Share of clean sources in total production.

delayed data · as of 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

Biomass: 3257 MW · Onshore wind: 1077 MW · Run-of-river hydro: 831 MW · Offshore wind: 513 MW 15,4% of production
  • Biomass3,257 MW
  • Onshore wind1,077 MW
  • Run-of-river hydro831 MW
  • Offshore wind513 MW

Energy radar

delayed data · as of 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

5.802 11.603 17.405 23.206 Solar: 0 MW Wind: 1590 MW Hydro: 1582 MW Nuclear: 5130 MW Gas: 23206 MW Coal: 0 MW Solar Wind Hydro Nuclear Gas Coal
France 2.114 MW import Netherlands 618 MW export Belgium 283 MW export Denmark 161 MW export Ireland 147 MW import 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 3.324 MW Import 2.261 MW Export 1.062 MW 0 50 100 200 km N

The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 9 November at 20:45. 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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

France France: 2114 MW Netherlands Netherlands: 618 MW Belgium Belgium: 283 MW Denmark Denmark: 161 MW Ireland Ireland: 147 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 09/11/2026, 21:00:00

Average across zones: 268 EUR/MWh.

  1. 1 PL 373EUR/MWh
  2. 2 LT 363EUR/MWh
  3. 2 LV 363EUR/MWh
  4. 4 HU 351EUR/MWh
  5. 5 SK 350EUR/MWh
  6. 6 RO 349EUR/MWh
  7. 6 BG 349EUR/MWh
  8. 6 GR 349EUR/MWh
  9. 9 HR 341EUR/MWh
  10. 10 SI 338EUR/MWh
  11. 11 MK 335EUR/MWh
  12. 12 CZ 334EUR/MWh
  13. 13 SE (SE4) 333EUR/MWh
  14. 14 AT 331EUR/MWh
  15. 14 ME 331EUR/MWh
  16. 16 RS 325EUR/MWh
  17. 17 AL 323EUR/MWh
  18. 17 XK 323EUR/MWh
  19. 19 DK (DK2) 318EUR/MWh
  20. 19 DK (DK1) 318EUR/MWh
  21. 19 NL 318EUR/MWh
  22. 22 DE and LU 317EUR/MWh
  23. 23 FR 316EUR/MWh
  24. 23 IT (CENTRE_NORTH) 316EUR/MWh
  25. 23 IT (CENTRE_SOUTH) 316EUR/MWh
  26. 23 IT (NORTH) 316EUR/MWh
  27. 23 IT (SARDINIA) 316EUR/MWh
  28. 23 IT (SOUTH) 316EUR/MWh
  29. 23 BE 316EUR/MWh
  30. 30 CH 299EUR/MWh
  31. 31 ES 271EUR/MWh
  32. 31 PT 271EUR/MWh
  33. 33 IE 268EUR/MWh
  34. 34 SE (SE3) 215EUR/MWh
  35. 35 NO (NO2) 207EUR/MWh
  36. 36 NO (NO5) 202EUR/MWh
  37. 37 NO (NO1) 198EUR/MWh
  38. 38 IT (CALABRIA) 186EUR/MWh
  39. 38 IT (SICILY) 186EUR/MWh
  40. 40 EE 150EUR/MWh
  41. 41 NO (NO3) 108EUR/MWh
  42. 42 TR 70EUR/MWh
  43. 43 NO (NO4) 17EUR/MWh
  44. 44 SE (SE1) 15EUR/MWh
  45. 44 FI 15EUR/MWh
  46. 46 SE (SE2) 8EUR/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 09/11/2026, 18:00:00

The base, non-stop
23,444MW
68.7% of the week's average · the Sunday-night floor: fridges, servers, installations that never stop
The work rhythm
1,622MW
4.8% of the week's average · how much more a working night carries than a Sunday night: the shifts
The day
9,039MW
26.5% of the week's average · what exceeds the working-night floor, on average: offices, shops, homes awake

Over the last seven days consumption averaged 34,105 MW and ranged between 25,792 and 43,324 MW.

How it was measured: the median of the 02–05 hours over 8 Sunday mornings (23,444 MW) and over 32 working mornings, Tuesday to Friday (25,066 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

13,582 MW out now

Unit Lost Period
LBARNatural gas · LBAR-1 735 MW 13 Nov – 16 Nov announced
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 666 MW 31 Mar – 1 Jan forced
HEYM1Nuclear · HEYM12 666 MW 31 Mar – 1 Jan forced
DNGBNuclear 660 MW 11 Sept – 31 Dec forced
HUNBNuclear 660 MW 21 Nov – 31 Dec forced
DNGBNuclear · DNGB22 660 MW 11 Sept – 31 Dec forced

and 21 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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

2450 4899 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 — 197 MW 08:00 — 1094 MW 09:00 — 2946 MW 10:00 — 4274 MW 11:00 — 4899 MW 12:00 — 4737 MW 13:00 — 4019 MW 14:00 — 2621 MW 15:00 — 853 MW 16:00 — 97 MW 17:00 — 0 MW 18:00 — 0 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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

771 1542 00:00 — 572 MW 01:00 — 564 MW 02:00 — 579 MW 03:00 — 602 MW 04:00 — 755 MW 05:00 — 809 MW 06:00 — 780 MW 07:00 — 802 MW 08:00 — 854 MW 09:00 — 933 MW 10:00 — 1025 MW 11:00 — 1092 MW 12:00 — 1188 MW 13:00 — 1255 MW 14:00 — 1375 MW 15:00 — 1386 MW 16:00 — 1421 MW 17:00 — 1437 MW 18:00 — 1542 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 09/11/2026, 18:30:00

1827 3653 00:00 — 196 MW 01:00 — 215 MW 02:00 — 205 MW 03:00 — 335 MW 04:00 — 147 MW 05:00 — 280 MW 06:00 — 823 MW 07:00 — 1880 MW 08:00 — 1617 MW 09:00 — 1115 MW 10:00 — 1295 MW 11:00 — 1084 MW 12:00 — 1167 MW 13:00 — 1322 MW 14:00 — 1077 MW 15:00 — 1996 MW 16:00 — 3218 MW 17:00 — 3298 MW 18:00 — 2388 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 359 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 gas23,206490
Nuclear5,13012
Biomass3,257230
Other sources2,005490
Onshore wind1,07711
Run-of-river hydro83124
Pumped-storage hydro7510
Offshore wind51312

Energy news

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Electricity Weak wind in Great Britain: NESO called for more capacity, with an estimated margin shortfall of 1,388 MW Britain's electricity system operator, NESO, called on Sunday evening for more capacity for Monday morning, estimating a margin shortfall of 1,388 MW amid weak wind across Europe. The warning, described by the operator as a routine precautionary measure, was gradually reduced to 200 MW and withdrawn on Monday at 9:11. 9 Nov 2026
GridEastern Green Link 2 after two years of construction: the 2 GW, 505 km HVDC link between Scotland and England takes shape8 Nov 2026 WindIsle of Man: report on the Mooir Vannin offshore wind farm, of around 87 turbines, goes to government on 1 December8 Nov 2026 GridSSEN Transmission starts main construction at Lewis Hub, the node of the 1.8 GW link between the Hebrides and Scotland7 Nov 2026

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

Denominator: 36,770 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 — 1 year

24 hours 48 hours 7 days 30 days 90 days 1 year all
25,00030,00035,000 09/0310/0611/07

66 points, P1D 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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