British Electricity Tracker

3x more wind and solar ... plus 6x more energy storage ... plus 3.2GW of new nuclear plants ... and bioenergy only as a backup Means that 99% of our electricity can be fossil fuel free More details in my book: amazon.co.uk/Decarbonising-… And tracked live: mygridgb.co.uk/2030grid/

British electricity mix at 11pm on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 31.1% Biomass 6.3% 🍃Wind 13.6% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.2% ⚛️Nuclear 20.0% ➡️Imports 27.7% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 23GW Carbon intensity 203 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 9pm on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 41.1% Biomass 6.7% 🍃Wind 11.3% Solar 0.0% Hydro 2.0% ⚛️Nuclear 16.8% ➡️Imports 22.2% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 28GW Carbon intensity 240 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 8pm on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 41.3% Biomass 8.4% 🍃Wind 10.2% Solar 1.2% Hydro 2.3% ⚛️Nuclear 16.5% ➡️Imports 19.7% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.5% 🔌Generation 28GW Carbon intensity 236 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 7pm on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 39.3% Biomass 8.1% 🍃Wind 12.6% Solar 4.0% Hydro 1.6% ⚛️Nuclear 15.3% ➡️Imports 18.8% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.3% 🔌Generation 31GW Carbon intensity 224 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 6pm on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 34.6% Biomass 6.6% 🍃Wind 14.7% Solar 6.6% Hydro 1.5% ⚛️Nuclear 14.6% ➡️Imports 21.1% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.3% 🔌Generation 32GW Carbon intensity 214 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 3pm on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 28.4% Biomass 5.2% Wind 10.7% Solar 17.8% Hydro 1.0% ⚛️Nuclear 14.4% ➡️Imports 21.7% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.9% 🔌Generation 32GW Carbon intensity 185 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 11am on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 27.3% Biomass 6.4% Wind 11.2% Solar 16.4% Hydro 1.3% ⚛️Nuclear 15.0% ➡️Imports 21.9% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.5% 🔌Generation 31GW Carbon intensity 181 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 8am on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 32.7% Biomass 7.9% 🍃Wind 13.2% Solar 6.6% Hydro 1.1% ⚛️Nuclear 16.7% ➡️Imports 20.9% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.8% 🔌Generation 28GW Carbon intensity 197 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 3am on 22nd Jul 2025 🔥Gas 32.5% Biomass 4.3% 🍃Wind 19.7% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.3% ⚛️Nuclear 20.8% ➡️Imports 21.5% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 22GW Carbon intensity 183 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 11pm on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 36.9% Biomass 6.9% 🍃Wind 15.4% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.4% ⚛️Nuclear 19.5% ➡️Imports 20.0% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 24GW Carbon intensity 208 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 9pm on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 44.9% Biomass 11.5% 🍃Wind 10.2% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.2% ⚛️Nuclear 16.5% ➡️Imports 15.7% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 29GW Carbon intensity 256 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 8pm on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 42.8% Biomass 12.3% 🍃Wind 10.1% Solar 1.3% Hydro 1.4% ⚛️Nuclear 16.2% ➡️Imports 15.1% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.7% 🔌Generation 29GW Carbon intensity 245 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 7pm on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 40.7% Biomass 11.5% 🍃Wind 10.9% Solar 4.4% Hydro 1.5% ⚛️Nuclear 15.5% ➡️Imports 15.1% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.4% 🔌Generation 30GW Carbon intensity 235 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 6pm on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 38.2% Biomass 8.8% 🍃Wind 11.0% Solar 8.9% Hydro 1.4% ⚛️Nuclear 14.9% ➡️Imports 16.9% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 31GW Carbon intensity 224 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 3pm on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 29.5% Biomass 8.2% Wind 5.1% Solar 23.2% Hydro 0.4% ⚛️Nuclear 14.9% ➡️Imports 18.8% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 32GW Carbon intensity 198 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 11am on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 28.3% Biomass 7.7% Wind 5.4% Solar 23.9% Hydro 0.7% ⚛️Nuclear 14.9% ➡️Imports 19.1% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 32GW Carbon intensity 194 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 8am on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 33.9% Biomass 10.1% Wind 6.5% Solar 8.3% Hydro 1.5% ⚛️Nuclear 17.2% ➡️Imports 22.6% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 27GW Carbon intensity 222 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 3am on 21st Jul 2025 🔥Gas 31.3% Biomass 6.5% 🍃Wind 12.9% Solar 0.0% Hydro 0.7% ⚛️Nuclear 23.3% ➡️Imports 25.3% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 20GW Carbon intensity 182 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 11pm on 20th Jul 2025 🔥Gas 31.5% Biomass 5.2% 🍃Wind 21.0% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.2% ⚛️Nuclear 20.8% ➡️Imports 20.3% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 23GW Carbon intensity 174 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030

British electricity mix at 9pm on 20th Jul 2025 🔥Gas 36.3% Biomass 4.3% 🍃Wind 19.4% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.4% ⚛️Nuclear 17.8% ➡️Imports 20.8% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 26GW Carbon intensity 198 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030