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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 3 October 2025

On Friday 3 October, demand averaged 30.3 GW. Renewables supplied 60%.

30.3GW AVERAGEWind18.10 GW57%Hydro0.57 GW2%Biomass0.85 GW3%Solar0.32 GW1%Gas5.09 GW16%Imports4.24 GW13%Nuclear2.51 GW8%30.3GW AVERAGE57%16%13%8%
Price
£56.06/MWh
Day average £56.06
Demand30.3GW
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.9
Fossil fuels16%
Renewables60%
Other24%
Carbon intensityLow
80g/kWh
0Day average 80300
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Key moments

On Friday 3 October 2025, wind supplied 57% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 16%. Demand peaked at 36.0 GW at 17:20. Carbon intensity averaged 80 g/kWh and the price £56.06/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 20.6 GW at 16:00. Solar generation peaked at 1.4 GW at 12:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (59 g/kWh) and highest at 08:30 (114 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £7.30/MWh at 03:00 to £109.35/MWh at 09:00. Wind made 66% 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 0.321.0%Wind 18.1057.1%Gas 5.0916.1%Hydro 0.571.8%Biomass 0.852.7%Nuclear 2.517.9%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 30.3avgGeneration 27.4avgTransfers 2.9avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand36.0GW · 17:20
Low 21.7 · 04:50Avg 30.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain90%of demand
Generation 27.4Transfers 2.9 GW
Net imports68GWh
In
99 Out
31
Zero-carbon share78%of generation
Nuclear 9%Hydro 2%Wind 66%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 3 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 3 October 2025, Great Britain imported 99 GWh and exported 31 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (38 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (10 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 3 Oct
Imported
99GWh
Exported
31GWh
Net in
68GWh
Average net flow
2.84GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 8.5 GWhOut 8.5 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.96GWImporting

In 23.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.53GWImporting

In 38.1 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.22GWExporting

In 3.4 GWhOut 8.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.22GWExporting

In 4.9 GWhOut 10.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.78GWImporting

In 21.1 GWhOut 2.3 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.06GWGenerating

Generated 3.0 GWhPumped 1.4 GWh

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