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Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 14 January 2025

On Tuesday 14 January, demand averaged 36.9 GW. Renewables supplied 31%.

36.9GW AVERAGEWind11.15 GW28%Hydro0.56 GW1%Biomass2.35 GW6%Solar0.58 GW1%Gas17.74 GW45%Imports2.66 GW7%Nuclear4.18 GW11%36.9GW AVERAGE28%45%11%
Price
£99.22/MWh
Day average £99.22
Demand36.9GW
Generation 36.6Transfers 0.4
Fossil fuels45%
Renewables31%
Other23%
Carbon intensityHigh
189g/kWh
0Day average 189300
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Key moments

On Tuesday 14 January 2025, gas supplied 45% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 28%. Demand peaked at 43.8 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity averaged 189 g/kWh and the price £99.22/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 16.1 GW at 00:25. Solar generation peaked at 3.1 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 04:00 (111 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (240 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £79.12/MWh at 04:30 to £137.90/MWh at 17:00. Gas made 49% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 32% across 2025.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.581.5%Wind 11.1528.4%Gas 17.7445.2%Hydro 0.561.4%Biomass 2.356.0%Nuclear 4.1810.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 36.9avgGeneration 36.6avgTransfers 0.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand43.8GW · 10:30
Low 27.1 · 04:35Avg 36.90–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 36.6Transfers 0.4 GW
Net imports7GWh
In
58 Out
51
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 11%Hydro 2%Wind 30%Solar 2%

Transfers · Tue 14 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 14 January 2025, Great Britain imported 58 GWh and exported 51 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (34 GWh), and the most exports went to France (31 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 14 Jan
Imported
58GWh
Exported
51GWh
Net in
7GWh
Average net flow
0.30GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.14GWExporting

In 2.9 GWhOut 6.3 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.65GWImporting

In 15.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.05GWExporting

In 5.9 GWhOut 31.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.56GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 13.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.05GWGenerating

Generated 5.9 GWhPumped 4.8 GWh

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