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United Kingdom

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The price of electricity today

This country has no bidding zone of its own, so it has no day-ahead price of its own.

Grid snapshot

Demand, generation and balance, updated every minute.

delayed data · as of 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

National consumption
23,923MW
▼ −2,693 MW vs a day ago
Domestic production
2,618MW
21,305 MW below consumption. The real border balance is measured separately.
▼ −27,495 MW vs a day ago
Importing now
4,498MW
Measured on the interconnectors, 18.8% of consumption. The 21,305 MW difference from “consumption minus production” is expected: generation-by-source as published does not cover everything that is generated.
▼ −597 MW vs a day ago
Solar production
10MW
0.4% of current production.
▼ −3,645 MW vs a day ago
Nuclear now
0MW
0 MW is a real measurement, not missing data: the units are offline.
CO₂ estimated
12g/kWh
estimated

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 · 29 days covered

  • Denmark 207.79 GWh
    621 MW on average · 36.6%
  • France 127.20 GWh
    1,043 MW on average · 22.4%
  • Belgium 101.77 GWh
    421 MW on average · 17.9%
  • Netherlands 70.02 GWh
    465 MW on average · 12.3%
  • Ireland 60.47 GWh
    837 MW on average · 10.7%

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 · 29 days covered

  • France 1,464.44 GWh
    2,615 MW on average · 47.1%
  • Denmark 1,074.75 GWh
    1,043 MW on average · 34.6%
  • Netherlands 313.96 GWh
    592 MW on average · 10.1%
  • Belgium 254.90 GWh
    577 MW on average · 8.2%
  • Ireland 0.99 GWh
    76 MW on average · 0.0%

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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

Offshore wind
1,613MW
61.6% of total
Onshore wind
995MW
38.0% of total
Solar
10MW
0.4% of total
Biomass
0MW
0.0% of total
Hard coal
0MW
0.0% of total
Natural gas
0MW
0.0% of total
Pumped-storage hydro
0MW
0.0% of total
Run-of-river hydro
0MW
0.0% of total
Nuclear
0MW
0.0% of total
Oil
0MW
0.0% of total
Other sources
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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

Offshore wind: 1613 MW Onshore wind: 995 MW 2,618 MW total
  • Offshore wind 1,613MW 61.6%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    7.4 g/kWh
  • Onshore wind 995MW 38.0%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    11 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    4.2 g/kWh
  • Solar 10MW 0.4%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    45 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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

Offshore wind: 1613 MW Onshore wind: 995 MW 100,0% of production
Offshore wind 1,613 MW Onshore wind 995 MW Solar 10 MW

Energy radar

delayed data · as of 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

Solar: 10 MW Wind: 2608 MW Hydro: 0 MW Nuclear: 0 MW Gas: 0 MW Coal: 0 MW Solar Wind Hydro Nuclear Gas Coal
France 3.060 MW import Denmark 1.455 MW import Ireland 1.043 MW export Belgium 1.026 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 6.584 MW Import 5.541 MW Export 1.043 MW 0 50 100 200 km N

The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 13 September at 07:45. 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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

France France: 3060 MW Denmark Denmark: 1455 MW Ireland Ireland: 1043 MW Belgium Belgium: 1026 MW Netherlands Netherlands: 0 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 13/09/2026, 08:45:00

Average across zones: 94 EUR/MWh.

  1. IE 237EUR/MWh
  2. BE 216EUR/MWh
  3. NO (NO2) 150EUR/MWh
  4. NO (NO1) 147EUR/MWh
  5. NO (NO5) 145EUR/MWh
  6. DK (DK1) 145EUR/MWh
  7. SE (SE4) 143EUR/MWh
  8. DK (DK2) 142EUR/MWh
  9. LT 130EUR/MWh
  10. LV 130EUR/MWh
  11. CH 130EUR/MWh
  12. CZ 128EUR/MWh
  13. AT 119EUR/MWh
  14. IT (CALABRIA) 104EUR/MWh
  15. IT (CENTRE_NORTH) 104EUR/MWh
  16. IT (CENTRE_SOUTH) 104EUR/MWh
  17. IT (NORTH) 104EUR/MWh
  18. IT (SARDINIA) 104EUR/MWh
  19. IT (SICILY) 104EUR/MWh
  20. IT (SOUTH) 104EUR/MWh
  21. SI 104EUR/MWh
  22. NO (NO3) 92EUR/MWh
  23. AL 91EUR/MWh
  24. XK 91EUR/MWh
  25. SE (SE3) 89EUR/MWh
  26. PL 84EUR/MWh
  27. ME 79EUR/MWh
  28. BG 72EUR/MWh
  29. FR 47EUR/MWh
  30. RS 45EUR/MWh
  31. NO (NO4) 17EUR/MWh
  32. SE (SE2) 15EUR/MWh
  33. SE (SE1) 15EUR/MWh
  34. EE 15EUR/MWh
  35. FI 15EUR/MWh
  36. PT 3EUR/MWh
  37. TR 3EUR/MWh
  38. ES 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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

The base, non-stop
20,840MW
80.1% of the week's average · the Sunday-night floor: fridges, servers, installations that never stop
The work rhythm
2,442MW
9.4% of the week's average · how much more a working night carries than a Sunday night: the shifts
The day
2,720MW
10.5% of the week's average · what exceeds the working-night floor, on average: offices, shops, homes awake

Over the last seven days consumption averaged 26,002 MW and ranged between 19,980 and 33,262 MW.

How it was measured: the median of the 02–05 hours over 2 Sunday mornings (20,840 MW) and over 5 working mornings, Tuesday to Friday (23,282 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
LBARNatural gas · LBAR-1 735 MW 18 Sept – 21 Sept announced
HINBNuclear · HINB-8 700 MW 24 May – 31 Dec forced
HINBNuclear 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 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

and 20 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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

5 10 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 — 10 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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

3751 7502 00:00 — 7502 MW 01:00 — 6281 MW 02:00 — 5021 MW 03:00 — 3924 MW 04:00 — 3233 MW 05:00 — 2844 MW 06:00 — 2608 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 13/09/2026, 06:00:00

1 1 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 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 12 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
Offshore wind1,61312
Onshore wind99511
Solar1045

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, Solar, Biomass, Run-of-river hydro.

Denominator: 2,618 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
24,00026,00028,000 09/0309/0709/11

9 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.

By source

Each source has its own page, with history and context:

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Source: Elexon Insights · shares are computed on positive values, because solar farms draw from the grid at night · JSON API: /api/v1/countries/GB/latest