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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 31 October 2025

On Friday 31 October, demand averaged 32.2 GW. Renewables supplied 61%.

32.2GW AVERAGEWind20.60 GW57%Hydro0.57 GW2%Biomass2.08 GW6%Solar0.63 GW2%Gas4.66 GW13%Imports3.48 GW10%Nuclear3.88 GW11%32.2GW AVERAGE57%13%10%11%
Price
£59.85/MWh
Day average £59.85
Demand32.2GW
Generation 32.4Transfers −0.2
Fossil fuels13%
Renewables61%
Other26%
Carbon intensityLow
66g/kWh
0Day average 66300
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Key moments

On Friday 31 October 2025, wind supplied 57% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 13%. Demand peaked at 38.2 GW at 17:05. Carbon intensity averaged 66 g/kWh and the price £59.85/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 22.3 GW at 14:50. Solar generation peaked at 2.4 GW at 10:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:00 (48 g/kWh) and highest at 16:00 (78 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £2.13/MWh at 01:30 to £98.31/MWh at 16:30. Wind made 64% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 35% across 2025.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.631.8%Wind 20.6057.4%Gas 4.6613.0%Hydro 0.571.6%Biomass 2.085.8%Nuclear 3.8810.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.2avgGeneration 32.4avgTransfers −0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand38.2GW · 17:05
Low 25.1 · 05:00Avg 32.20–40 GW
Made in Great Britain101%of demand
Generation 32.4Transfers −0.2 GW
Net exports3GWh
In
78 Out
81
Zero-carbon share79%of generation
Nuclear 12%Hydro 2%Wind 64%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 31 Oct

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 31 October 2025, Great Britain imported 78 GWh and exported 81 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (48 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (23 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 31 Oct
Imported
78GWh
Exported
81GWh
Net out
3GWh
Average net flow
0.14GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.13GWImporting

In 10.9 GWhOut 7.8 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.87GWExporting

In 0.7 GWhOut 21.6 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average2.00GWImporting

In 47.9 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.85GWExporting

In 2.7 GWhOut 23.2 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.79GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 19.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.26GWImporting

In 15.4 GWhOut 9.2 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 6.0 GWhPumped 7.6 GWh

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