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Great Britain’s electricity on Thursday 23 October 2025

On Thursday 23 October, demand averaged 32.3 GW. Renewables supplied 48%.

32.3GW AVERAGEWind14.67 GW44%Hydro0.36 GW1%Biomass2.83 GW9%Solar0.94 GW3%Gas3.48 GW10%Imports7.06 GW21%Nuclear3.85 GW12%32.3GW AVERAGE44%9%10%21%12%
Price
£71.53/MWh
Day average £71.53
Demand32.3GW
Generation 26.1Transfers 6.2
Fossil fuels10%
Renewables48%
Other41%
Carbon intensityLow
74g/kWh
0Day average 74300
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Key moments

On Thursday 23 October 2025, wind supplied 44% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 12%. Demand peaked at 39.1 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 74 g/kWh and the price £71.53/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 18.9 GW at 21:25. Solar generation peaked at 4.4 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:30 (41 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (136 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£0.48/MWh at 23:30 to £94.01/MWh at 07:30. The price was below zero for 0.5 hours. Wind made 56% 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 0.942.8%Wind 14.6744.2%Gas 3.4810.5%Hydro 0.361.1%Biomass 2.838.5%Nuclear 3.8511.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.3avgGeneration 26.1avgTransfers 6.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.1GW · 12:30
Low 23.0 · 03:20Avg 32.30–40 GW
Made in Great Britain81%of demand
Generation 26.1Transfers 6.2 GW
Net imports149GWh
In
164 Out
15
Zero-carbon share76%of generation
Nuclear 15%Hydro 1%Wind 56%Solar 4%

Transfers · Thu 23 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Thursday 23 October 2025, Great Britain imported 164 GWh and exported 15 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (77 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (11 GWh).

All interconnectors

Thu 23 Oct
Imported
164GWh
Exported
15GWh
Net in
149GWh
Average net flow
6.22GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.73GWImporting

In 18.3 GWhOut 0.9 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.75GWImporting

In 19.6 GWhOut 1.6 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.21GWImporting

In 77.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.45GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 11.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.63GWImporting

In 15.9 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.34GWImporting

In 32.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.00GWIdle

Generated 5.6 GWhPumped 5.7 GWh

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