Britain's electricity system, recut as a live briefing instead of a card wall.
Carbon is 4 g cleaner than the 24h average, Wind leads supply at 13.0 GW, Britain is importing 0.55 GW. The top layer explains what matters now; the deeper sections keep the raw curves, source mix, transfer behavior, and commodity context available for power users.
Current carbon
55 gCO₂/kWh
low · avg 59 g
Domestic generation
22.4 GW
Wind leading
Transfer stance
0.55 GW import
6 active interconnectors
Power price
£58/MWh
Range avg £74/MWh
4 g cleaner
Range low 35 g · high 97 g
0.3 GW above
Peak 29.1 GW · low 22.9 GW
£16 below avg
Range £-11 to £204/MWh
+2.1% of demand
6 active links in the latest dispatch frame
Carbon Intensity
Current carbon intensity, benchmarked against the selected window average.low · −4 vs avg
Demand
Transmission demand right now versus the selected window.+0.3 vs avg
Domestic Supply
Latest domestic generation across fuel and embedded renewable sources.Wind leading
Net Transfers
Net import/export stance based on the latest interconnector frame.import
System Price
System buy price versus the selected range average.−16 vs avg
Carbon pulse
How clean the grid is through the selected window, with forecast context.System price
Wholesale power pricing over the selected window.Generation desk
Current supply stack plus demand coverage, with source-by-source context.Latest mix
Uses the latest snapshot percentages to keep high-level categories stable across ranges.By source
Dispatch scaled against current demand.
| Source | GW | % of Demand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind | 13.0 | 51.1% | |
| Nuclear | 3.3 | 13.0% | |
| CCGT (Gas) | 3.0 | 11.8% | |
| Biomass | 2.7 | 10.5% | |
| Other | 0.6 | 2.5% | |
| NPSHYD | 0.3 | 1.2% | |
| OCGT (Gas) | 0.1 | 0.2% | |
| Pumped Storage | -0.6 | -2.5% | |
| Total | 22.4 | 87.8% |
Demand profile
Demand path for the selected power window.
Generation mix over time
How the generation stack shifts through the selected range, including embedded solar and wind.Transmission desk
Current interconnector stance plus connector-level history.Latest connector book
Positive bars are imports into Great Britain.
Connector history
Each line is one link, making import/export swings visible without losing per-link detail.
Commodity desk
Oil and gas context with its own slower market horizon.EU Gas TTF ($/MMBtu)
$89.90
$/MMBtu
LNG Asia JKM ($/MMBtu)
$27.22
$/MMBtu
Brent Crude ($/bbl)
$130.80
$/bbl
Henry Hub Gas ($/MMBtu)
$2.97
$/MMBtu
WTI Crude ($/bbl)
$107.02
$/bbl