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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 24 October 2025

On Friday 24 October, demand averaged 32.6 GW. Renewables supplied 58%.

32.6GW AVERAGEWind17.70 GW52%Hydro0.30 GW1%Biomass1.56 GW5%Solar1.86 GW5%Gas3.00 GW9%Imports5.75 GW17%Nuclear3.85 GW11%32.6GW AVERAGE52%9%17%11%
Price
£39.84/MWh
Day average £39.84
Demand32.6GW
Generation 28.3Transfers 4.3
Fossil fuels9%
Renewables58%
Other33%
Carbon intensityLow
63g/kWh
0Day average 63300
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Key moments

On Friday 24 October 2025, wind supplied 52% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 11%. Demand peaked at 39.1 GW at 11:35. Carbon intensity averaged 63 g/kWh and the price £39.84/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 20.5 GW at 22:45. Solar generation peaked at 8.2 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 00:00 (49 g/kWh) and highest at 07:30 (85 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£1.75/MWh at 02:00 to £102.43/MWh at 07:30. The price was below zero for 4 hours. Wind made 63% 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 1.865.5%Wind 17.7052.0%Gas 3.008.8%Hydro 0.300.9%Biomass 1.564.6%Nuclear 3.8511.3%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.6avgGeneration 28.3avgTransfers 4.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.1GW · 11:35
Low 23.5 · 04:30Avg 32.60–40 GW
Made in Great Britain87%of demand
Generation 28.3Transfers 4.3 GW
Net imports109GWh
In
133 Out
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Zero-carbon share84%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 63%Solar 7%

Transfers · Fri 24 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 24 October 2025, Great Britain imported 133 GWh and exported 24 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (58 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (23 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 24 Oct
Imported
133GWh
Exported
24GWh
Net in
109GWh
Average net flow
4.56GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.74GWImporting

In 17.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.72GWImporting

In 17.3 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.40GWImporting

In 57.7 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.97GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 23.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.74GWImporting

In 17.7 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.7 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWPumping

Generated 4.9 GWhPumped 10.0 GWh

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