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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 3 July 2026

On Friday 3 July, demand averaged 27.5 GW. Renewables supplied 44%.

27.5GW AVERAGEWind7.16 GW25%Hydro0.31 GW1%Biomass1.70 GW6%Solar4.99 GW17%Gas3.86 GW13%Imports7.55 GW26%Nuclear3.00 GW11%27.5GW AVERAGE25%17%13%26%11%
Price
£108.16/MWh
Day average £108.16
Demand27.5GW
Generation 21.0Transfers 6.5
Fossil fuels13%
Renewables44%
Other43%
Carbon intensityLow
90g/kWh
0Day average 90300
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Key moments

On Friday 3 July 2026, wind supplied 25% of Great Britain’s electricity and solar 17%. Demand peaked at 34.2 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 90 g/kWh and the price £108.16/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 9.5 GW at 00:00. Solar generation peaked at 14.7 GW at 13:00. Carbon intensity was lowest at 13:00 (65 g/kWh) and highest at 19:30 (123 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £77.85/MWh at 14:30 to £125.88/MWh at 06:30. Wind made 34% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 36% across 2026 so far.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 4.9917.5%Wind 7.1625.1%Gas 3.8613.5%Hydro 0.311.1%Biomass 1.705.9%Nuclear 3.0010.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.5avgGeneration 21.0avgTransfers 6.5avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.2GW · 12:30
Low 20.6 · 05:25Avg 27.50–40 GW
Made in Great Britain76%of demand
Generation 21.0Transfers 6.5 GW
Net imports152GWh
In
175 Out
22
Zero-carbon share74%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 34%Solar 24%

Transfers · Fri 3 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 3 July 2026, Great Britain imported 175 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (81 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (16 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 3 Jul
Imported
175GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
152GWh
Average net flow
6.34GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.24GWImporting

In 11.5 GWhOut 5.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average1.42GWImporting

In 34.1 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average3.36GWImporting

In 80.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.63GWExporting

In 0.4 GWhOut 15.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.55GWImporting

In 14.4 GWhOut 1.2 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.40GWImporting

In 33.5 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.16GWGenerating

Generated 6.8 GWhPumped 2.8 GWh

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