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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 6 November 2026

On Friday 6 November, demand averaged 32.8 GW. Renewables supplied 12%.

32.8GW AVERAGEWind3.24 GW9%Hydro0.56 GW2%Biomass3.27 GW9%Solar0.54 GW1%Gas20.05 GW56%Imports2.93 GW8%Nuclear5.13 GW14%32.8GW AVERAGE9%9%56%8%14%
Price
£231.51/MWh
Day average £231.51
Demand32.8GW
Generation 32.8Transfers 0.0
Fossil fuels56%
Renewables12%
Other32%
Carbon intensityVery high
238g/kWh
0Day average 238300
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Key moments

On Friday 6 November 2026, gas supplied 56% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 14%. Demand peaked at 39.7 GW at 11:05. Carbon intensity averaged 238 g/kWh and the price £231.51/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.4 GW at 05:40. Solar generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 12:00 (221 g/kWh) and highest at 17:30 (256 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £187.73/MWh at 02:30 to £289.46/MWh at 15:30. Gas made 61% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 28% across 2026 so far.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.541.5%Wind 3.249.1%Gas 20.0556.1%Hydro 0.561.6%Biomass 3.279.2%Nuclear 5.1314.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 32.8avgGeneration 32.8avgTransfers 0.0avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand39.7GW · 11:05
Low 26.4 · 05:30Avg 32.80–40 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 32.8Transfers 0.0 GW
Net exports4GWh
In
63 Out
68
Zero-carbon share29%of generation
Nuclear 16%Hydro 2%Wind 10%Solar 2%

Transfers · Fri 6 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 6 November 2026, Great Britain imported 63 GWh and exported 68 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (33 GWh), and the most exports went to Ireland (31 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 6 Nov
Imported
63GWh
Exported
68GWh
Net out
4GWh
Average net flow
0.17GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.09GWExporting

In 4.8 GWhOut 7.1 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.02GWExporting

In 8.1 GWhOut 8.7 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.12GWExporting

In 17.9 GWhOut 20.7 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average1.29GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 31.0 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.36GWImporting

In 32.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.21GWGenerating

Generated 7.0 GWhPumped 1.8 GWh

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