Live GB generation & carbon intensity
A live snapshot of Great Britain's electricity system — generation mix, carbon intensity and national demand, refreshed automatically from official public data.
Right now
System snapshot
Updated automatically from National Energy System Operator and Elexon Insights Solution data.
Carbon intensity
—gCO₂/kWh
National demand
—MW
Largest source
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Generation mix
What's generating GB's electricity right now
Share of total generation by fuel type, from the Carbon Intensity API's live generation mix data.
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Data: National Energy System Operator Carbon Intensity API (CC BY 4.0) and Elexon Insights Solution. Figures are live system data, not forecasts — refresh the page for the latest snapshot.