Electricity Live

Great Britain’s electricity on Tuesday 10 November 2026

On Tuesday 10 November, demand averaged 34.6 GW. Renewables supplied 14%.

34.6GW AVERAGEWind4.05 GW11%Hydro0.43 GW1%Biomass3.25 GW9%Solar0.70 GW2%Gas22.30 GW59%Imports1.96 GW5%Nuclear5.13 GW14%34.6GW AVERAGE11%9%59%14%
Price
£215.29/MWh
Day average £215.29
Demand34.6GW
Generation 35.9Transfers −1.3
Fossil fuels59%
Renewables14%
Other27%
Carbon intensityVery high
246g/kWh
0Day average 246300
Save as image
Recorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hourRecorded half-hour

Key moments

On Tuesday 10 November 2026, gas supplied 59% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 14%. Demand peaked at 40.3 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity averaged 246 g/kWh and the price £215.29/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 5.6 GW at 18:40. Solar generation peaked at 3.6 GW at 11:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 23:30 (220 g/kWh) and highest at 07:00 (266 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from £156.07/MWh at 23:00 to £279.20/MWh at 07:30. Gas made 62% 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 0.701.8%Wind 4.0510.7%Gas 22.3059.0%Hydro 0.431.1%Biomass 3.258.6%Nuclear 5.1313.6%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 34.6avgGeneration 35.9avgTransfers −1.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand40.3GW · 11:30
Low 26.7 · 05:10Avg 34.60–60 GW
Made in Great Britain104%of demand
Generation 35.9Transfers −1.3 GW
Net exports30GWh
In
40 Out
69
Zero-carbon share29%of generation
Nuclear 14%Hydro 1%Wind 11%Solar 2%

Transfers · Tue 10 Nov

Interconnectors and storage

On Tuesday 10 November 2026, Great Britain imported 40 GWh and exported 69 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Norway (31 GWh), and the most exports went to Denmark (22 GWh).

All interconnectors

Tue 10 Nov
Imported
40GWh
Exported
69GWh
Net out
30GWh
Average net flow
1.24GW out

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.59GWExporting

In 0.3 GWhOut 14.4 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.91GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 21.9 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.18GWExporting

In 7.3 GWhOut 11.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWExporting

In 0.9 GWhOut 4.6 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.71GWExporting

In 0.0 GWhOut 17.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average1.30GWImporting

In 31.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.07GWPumping

Generated 7.4 GWhPumped 9.0 GWh

All cards share one scale, so you can compare their heights. Each country can have more than one cable.

Download the 5-minute data for this day: CSV · JSON. See what the figures mean.