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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 3 April 2025

On Thursday 3 April, demand averaged 30.5 GW. Renewables supplied 52%.

30.5GW AVERAGEWind12.79 GW40%Hydro0.25 GW1%Biomass1.46 GW5%Solar3.55 GW11%Gas4.43 GW14%Imports5.18 GW16%Nuclear4.13 GW13%30.5GW AVERAGE40%11%14%16%13%
Price
£99.68/MWh
Day average £99.68
Demand30.5GW
Generation 26.6Transfers 3.9
Fossil fuels14%
Renewables52%
Other34%
Carbon intensityLow
81g/kWh
0Day average 81300
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Key moments

On Thursday 3 April 2025, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 14%. Demand peaked at 35.9 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 81 g/kWh and the price £99.68/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.9 GW at 19:45. Solar generation peaked at 12.6 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 14:30 (48 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (126 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £63.63/MWh at 14:30 to £140.03/MWh at 07:30. Wind made 48% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 35% across 2025.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 3.5511.2%Wind 12.7940.2%Gas 4.4313.9%Hydro 0.250.8%Biomass 1.464.6%Nuclear 4.1313.0%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.5avgGeneration 26.6avgTransfers 3.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand35.9GW · 12:30
Low 22.9 · 04:05Avg 30.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain87%of demand
Generation 26.6Transfers 3.9 GW
Net imports93GWh
In
121 Out
28
Zero-carbon share78%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 1%Wind 48%Solar 13%

Transfers · Thu 3 Apr

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 3 April 2025, Great Britain imported 121 GWh and exported 28 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (64 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (18 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 3 Apr
Imported
121GWh
Exported
28GWh
Net in
93GWh
Average net flow
3.87GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.51GWImporting

In 13.1 GWhOut 1.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.20GWImporting

In 10.5 GWhOut 5.7 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.65GWImporting

In 63.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.74GWExporting

In 0.6 GWhOut 18.3 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.48GWImporting

In 13.6 GWhOut 2.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.77GWImporting

In 19.2 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.01GWGenerating

Generated 3.7 GWhPumped 3.3 GWh

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