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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 28 February 2025

On Friday 28 February, demand averaged 34.5 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

34.5GW AVERAGEWind4.55 GW12%Hydro0.55 GW1%Biomass3.11 GW8%Solar2.48 GW7%Gas16.98 GW46%Imports4.75 GW13%Nuclear4.31 GW12%34.5GW AVERAGE12%8%46%13%12%
Price
£98.74/MWh
Day average £98.74
Demand34.5GW
Generation 32.0Transfers 2.5
Fossil fuels46%
Renewables21%
Other33%
Carbon intensityHigh
201g/kWh
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Key moments

On Friday 28 February 2025, gas supplied 46% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 12%. Demand peaked at 41.3 GW at 11:40. Carbon intensity averaged 201 g/kWh and the price £98.74/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 6.3 GW at 22:15. Solar generation peaked at 9.7 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (159 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (234 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £84.92/MWh at 13:00 to £130.60/MWh at 06:30. Gas made 53% 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 2.486.8%Wind 4.5512.4%Gas 16.9846.2%Hydro 0.551.5%Biomass 3.118.5%Nuclear 4.3111.7%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.5avgGeneration 32.0avgTransfers 2.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand41.3GW · 11:40
Low 25.7 · 04:40Avg 34.50–60 GW
Made in Great Britain93%of demand
Generation 32.0Transfers 2.5 GW
Net imports62GWh
In
110 Out
48
Zero-carbon share37%of generation
Nuclear 13%Hydro 2%Wind 14%Solar 8%

Transfers · Fri 28 Feb

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 28 February 2025, Great Britain imported 110 GWh and exported 48 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (66 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (23 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 28 Feb
Imported
110GWh
Exported
48GWh
Net in
62GWh
Average net flow
2.59GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.08GWExporting

In 4.1 GWhOut 6.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.56GWExporting

In 0.5 GWhOut 13.9 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.73GWImporting

In 65.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.97GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 23.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.07GWImporting

In 6.1 GWhOut 4.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.12GWPumping

Generated 4.1 GWhPumped 7.1 GWh

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