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UK energy at a glance
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Market brief
Right now the system price is elevated at £200.52/MWh; GB demand is 26,094 MW; renewables are supplying 24.3% of generation; and interconnectors are providing a net export of 1,822 MW. Overall short-term system pressure is moderate.
Automated, rule-based summary
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UK Energy Today
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Plain-English lessons, a daily challenge using real data and a replay of a completed settlement day.
Key charts
The views that matter now
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GB Demand — Last 24 Hours
Generation Mix
Carbon intensityChecking…
UK Weather — London
- Wind
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- Precipitation
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- Forecast time
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Derived insightsResidual demand, import cover, gas weather signal and wind forecast error
Free derived insights
What the live numbers imply
Calculated from existing open feeds—no extra paid data.
Demand left after reported wind and solar output.
Net interconnector flow as a share of current demand.
Gas demand compared with the seasonal normal.
Wind, solar and hydro share of current generation.
Wind forecast error
Awaiting overlapping forecast and actual data
- Forecast
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- Actual
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- Miss
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What if…? Scenario sandboxChange wind, demand, imports and outages together and see how the balance shifts. Simple arithmetic — not a forecast
Residual demand = demand − wind − solar. Left for GB flexible plant = residual demand − net imports + extra outage. Starts from the latest readings. Real outcomes also depend on storage, constraints, reserve and the system operator's actions, so this is a teaching aid, not a forecast.
Deeper analysisTrading Desk Lens and the detailed market-driver breakdown
Trading Desk Lens
Waiting for the latest market observations.
Waiting for the latest imbalance volume.
Waiting for generation and weather data.
Waiting for gas and interconnector data.
What’s Driving the Market?
Generation mix loadingWaiting for the latest NESO observation.
System price loadingWaiting for the latest settlement period.
Demand loadingWaiting for the latest Elexon observation.
Renewables loadingWaiting for generation data.
7 and 30-day historyDaily averages for demand, renewable share and system price — sortable and downloadable
UK electricity
Power
System price, imbalance, demand and settlement-period context from open GB sources.
Market stage now
- Day-aheadTomorrow's auctions
- IntradayTrading continues
- Gate closure1 h before delivery
- Real-time balancingCurrent period
- SettlementPrices published after
Working out the current settlement period…
System Price
Market Index Price
A short-term reference price: the volume-weighted price of power traded on the spot exchange for each half-hour (Elexon Market Index Data). It is not the day-ahead auction price and not a forecast.
30-Day GB Demand
Waiting for the latest settlement period.
Waiting for the latest cash-out price.
Rule-based context using absolute NIV and system price. This is not an official system warning or trading signal.
A larger absolute NIV indicates more balancing action in the settlement period. Read the magnitude alongside system price and adjacent periods; the NIV sign alone should not be treated as a buy or sell instruction.
Reported Generation Unavailability
By fuel
Largest unplanned outages
Self-reported REMIT unavailability messages that are active now. Messages can overlap, be revised or be withdrawn, so this is an indicator — not an official availability or security-of-supply figure.
UK gas system
Gas & LNG
Gas balance, linepack and free operational LNG terminal signals for a clearer view of UK supply.
Current Gas Day
Supply by Source
UK LNG Terminal Monitor
A free operational view of LNG already inside the UK terminal system. Stock and send-out help gauge short-term gas-system cover; they do not identify individual ships or cargo origins.
Shipping context
How to read UK LNG activity
Britain’s three import terminals are Grain LNG on the Thames and Dragon LNG plus South Hook LNG at Milford Haven. A rise in terminal inflow can be consistent with unloading or inventory movements; rising send-out means more regasified LNG is entering the transmission system.
Great Britain LNG Terminal Storage
A storage indicator for LNG held at Britain’s three import terminals. It is not a measure of all GB underground gas storage.
Generation transition
Renewables
Current renewable share, actual wind and solar output, and the latest day-ahead forecast.
GB Generation Mix — 30 Days
Carbon Intensity — Next 24 Hours
GB Wind Generation — Last 48 Hours
GB Solar Generation — Last 48 Hours
Wind & Solar — Day-Ahead Forecast
Wind Forecast vs Actual — Today
Wind Forecast Accuracy — Last 14 Days
Weather-sensitive fundamentals
Weather
Regional temperature, wind and precipitation conditions across major UK energy-demand centres.
London Forecast
- Wind
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- Precipitation
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At-a-glance conditions
UK Regional Snapshot
Select an area to open its detailed forecast.
London Wind — Next 48 Hours
London Temperature — Next 48 Hours
London Precipitation — Next 48 Hours
Compare regions for demand sensitivity, then select an area for its 48-hour temperature, wind and rain profile. Each area uses a representative city point, with Met Office data when available and an automatic Open-Meteo fallback.
UK infrastructure
Networks
Current GB electricity imports and exports across operational interconnectors. See every link on the UK Power Map.
Interconnector Outturn
Neighbouring Day-Ahead Prices
Today's day-ahead auction prices in the markets GB trades with through interconnectors. Power usually flows towards the higher-priced market, but GB has no coupled day-ahead price in this dataset, so compare with care. Context only — not GB prices or a forecast.
UK energy market context
Markets
Delayed energy and industrial commodity benchmarks selected for their relevance to UK power, gas and North Sea fundamentals.
Brent crude history
GB electricity reference prices
What is open, and what is not
Each price is labelled by what it measures. None is a forecast or an executable price.
Market Index Price (MID)
—Volume-weighted spot-exchange price for the latest half-hour, published by Elexon as open BMRS data.
GB day-ahead auction price
Not republishedGB day-ahead auctions run on EPEX SPOT and Nord Pool (N2EX). Their results are exchange data that this site will not republish without a licence. Check the official sources directly.
Neighbouring day-ahead prices
Energy-Charts / SMARD.de · CC BY 4.0 · EUR/MWh.
Carbon pricing
UK ETS
Intentionally not shownLicensed exchange data · not republishedUK Allowance prices are a material GB power-market input, but this site will not republish a commercial exchange price without a suitable licence.
Official UK ETS information ↗European context
EU ETS
Intentionally not shownLicensed exchange data · not republishedEU Allowance prices remain useful cross-market context. A chart will be enabled when a dependable, redistributable source is available.
European Commission overview ↗Historical context
Analysis
Historical comparisons, forecast accuracy, seasonal context and a UK energy publication calendar.
Fast numerical review
Last 30 completed days in numbers
Daily values make it easier to compare specific sessions without reading a chart.
GB electricity demand
Completed-day average demand and its change from the previous published day.
| Date | Demand | Day-on-day |
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GB renewable share
Wind, solar and hydro combined, with movement shown in percentage points.
| Date | Renewables | Day-on-day |
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Optional visual context
Trend charts
GB Demand
GB Renewable Share
Compared with the same time across recent comparable days.
Compared with National Gas seasonal normal.
Compared with the recent 30-day distribution.
Range across today’s published settlement periods.
Electricity normal is a rolling same-time comparison rather than an official climatological normal. Gas seasonal normal is published by National Gas. These measures are descriptive, not forecasts.
Similar Demand Days
The closest previous days ranked by absolute difference from the latest daily average GB demand.
30-day relationship
Demand vs renewable share—Calculating correlation…
Waiting for matching demand and generation dates.
Correlation describes co-movement, not causation. Daily averages can hide strong intraday effects.UK Energy Calendar
Power and balancing
Elexon Insights supplies GB demand, system price, net imbalance volume, wind/solar actuals and interconnector outturn. Near-live data is refreshed every 15 minutes.
Generation and renewables
NESO Carbon Intensity generation percentages are grouped into gas, wind, nuclear, solar, hydro, coal and other. Renewable share is wind, solar and hydro combined.
Gas and LNG
National Gas supplies current Gas Day demand, seasonal normal, linepack, supply and delayed LNG terminal publications. Implied LNG fill equals stock divided by stock plus reported available space.
Weather
Met Office point forecasts are preferred. Open-Meteo is used as a clearly-labelled fallback when the Met Office quota or endpoint is unavailable.
Markets
Daily oil and US gas series are sourced from EIA data distributed by FRED. Monthly copper is IMF data distributed by FRED. They are delayed reference observations.
Calculated indicators
UK Energy Today and Trading Desk Lens use deterministic thresholds. They describe current pressure and do not predict prices or provide trading advice.
Source revisions, publication delays and missing intervals can occur. Carbon prices, comprehensive GB underground storage and plant-level outage data remain unavailable until suitable redistributable feeds are connected.
What's coming up
UK energy calendar
Dated NESO, Ofgem, DESNZ, Capacity Market and CfD events, each with a short note on why it matters for the live data on this site.
Loading the calendar…
Confirmed = date fixed by the publisher. Provisional = the publisher gives a month only. Indicative = an expected window from a published timetable or reporting, which can move. Dates are taken from each organisation's own pages where possible and can change, so check the linked source before relying on one. Notes explain context; they are not a view on policy.
For regular publication cadences (monthly statistics, NESO reports, Ofgem decisions), see the official links under Analysis → Energy Calendar.
Source transparency
Data sources, freshness & health
A separate record of what powers the dashboard, why the APIs can be used free of charge, when observations were published, and whether each connection is working.
Connected data feeds
Current source status
Open-data model
Why these APIs are free to use
Most are public-interest datasets published by UK system bodies. Free access does not remove attribution, fair-use, quota or licence requirements.
Elexon Insights
Free · no keyGB demand, system price, net imbalance volume, wind/solar outturn and day-ahead forecasts, interconnector flows, Market Index Data (an intraday reference price) and REMIT outage messages. Elexon publishes Balancing and Settlement Code data for public market transparency.
Official API documentation ↗NESO Carbon Intensity
Free · no keyGeneration mix and carbon-intensity data from the National Energy System Operator’s public service. UK Energy Insight derives renewable share from wind, solar and hydro.
Official service ↗National Gas Data Portal
Free public dataGas demand, supply, linepack and LNG terminal publications. Some datasets arrive on operational schedules rather than in real time and can later be revised.
Official data portal ↗Met Office DataHub
Free allowance · API keySite-specific UK forecasts. The free subscription has quota and product limits, so Open-Meteo is used as a clearly labelled fallback if the allowance or endpoint is unavailable.
Official DataHub ↗Open-Meteo
Free non-commercial accessRegional forecast fallback using open weather models. It keeps learning views usable but is never silently presented as Met Office data.
Official API documentation ↗FRED, EIA & IMF
Free delayed seriesReference oil, US gas and copper observations. These are delayed daily or monthly context series—not live tradable prices or exchange quotes.
FRED data service ↗Energy-Charts / SMARD.de
Free · CC BY 4.0Today's day-ahead prices in neighbouring markets (France, Belgium, Netherlands, southern Norway, western Denmark), republished by Fraunhofer ISE from Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de under CC BY 4.0. Cached for six hours because the source allows about two requests a minute. GB day-ahead exchange prices are not openly licensed and are not shown.
Energy-Charts API ↗Reliability
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Data sources & licensing
- Elexon Insights (BMRS)
- Demand, system price and NIV, wind and solar outturn and forecasts, interconnector flows, Market Index Data and REMIT outage messages. Open BMRS data, used with attribution.
- NESO
- Generation mix and carbon intensity (Carbon Intensity API, CC BY 4.0), operational margin, constraint costs and balancing carbon.
- National Gas
- Gas Day demand, linepack, supply and LNG terminal publications.
- Met Office / Open-Meteo
- Regional forecasts (Met Office DataHub free tier) with a labelled Open-Meteo fallback.
- FRED / EIA / IMF
- Delayed oil, gas and copper reference series.
- Energy-Charts / SMARD.de
- Neighbouring day-ahead prices, CC BY 4.0 (Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de).
Full freshness and status for every feed is on Data sources.
How the rule-based interpretations work
The system status, pressure label and market brief use fixed, published thresholds — no machine learning or black-box models.
| Label | Rule |
|---|---|
| TIGHT | System price ≥ £300/MWh, or net imbalance volume ≥ +1,000 MWh (system short) |
| WATCH | System price ≥ £150/MWh, or NIV ≥ +500 MWh |
| SURPLUS | System price below £0/MWh, or NIV ≤ −800 MWh (system long) |
| NORMAL | None of the above |
| Pressure score | +1 each for price ≥ £150, price ≥ £300, NIV ≥ +500, demand > 5% above its recent same-time average, gas demand > 5% above seasonal normal, wind > 500 MW below forecast; −1 for net imports > 1,000 MW or NIV ≤ −500; −2 for a negative price. ≥3 high, 2 elevated, 1 moderate, otherwise low. |
| Residual demand | Demand minus reported wind and solar outturn for the same half-hour. |
Freshness: each feed has a normal publication cycle (for example 1.5 h for the generation mix, 5 h for wind outturn, 36 h for LNG). Older readings are flagged as delayed, not wrong.
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Plain-English definitions, acronyms, units and market concepts for electricity, gas, LNG, renewables, networks and trading.
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Understand the UK energy market through clear explanations, real historical data, and guided exercises.
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Check the timestamp
A figure is only useful when you know when it was observed. “Live” feeds can still publish late or revise a period.
Compare demand and supply
High demand, lower wind or reduced imports may leave more generation to be supplied by gas or flexible assets.
Inspect price and balance
System price is an imbalance price, not a household tariff or a day-ahead auction price. Check its settlement period and NIV.
Core UK energy terms
UK energy glossary
Search short definitions, then use the same terms when reviewing market data.
Settlement period
A numbered half-hour of the GB electricity market. The day usually has 48 periods; clock changes can alter that count.
System price
The cash-out price used to settle electricity imbalances for a period. It is not the same as a day-ahead wholesale price.
Net imbalance volume (NIV)
A measure of net balancing actions in a settlement period. Its magnitude helps show how much balancing occurred.
Day-ahead price
A price from an auction for delivery on the following day. This site does not yet publish a verified day-ahead price feed.
Balancing Mechanism
One of the tools the system operator uses to adjust generation or demand close to real time.
Long and short
In an illustrative market position, a long position benefits when the relevant price rises; a short position benefits when it falls. Real settlement depends on the actual market rules and contract.
MW
Megawatt measures a rate of power at a moment in time, such as the current level of demand or wind output.
MWh
Megawatt-hour measures a quantity of energy. One megawatt sustained for one hour produces one MWh.
Renewable share
The share of generation supplied by wind, solar and hydro in this dashboard. It is not a forecast of the next settlement period.
Residual demand
The electricity demand remaining after weather-driven generation such as wind and solar is accounted for.
Interconnector
A cable connecting GB with another market. Imports add supply to GB; exports send electricity out of GB.
Linepack
The gas held within the high-pressure transmission network. It offers short-term flexibility, not seasonal storage.
No matching term. Try a broader energy-market word.
Short explanations
Why markets move
Why can the system price become negative?
When the system has excess supply and needs to reduce generation or increase demand, balancing actions can make the imbalance price negative. A negative price does not mean all electricity is free; it applies to a specific market settlement context.
Inspect system price and NIV →What if wind generation misses its forecast?
If actual wind is below a forecast, other sources may need to fill the gap. The effect depends on demand, available gas generation, imports, storage, constraints and the time of day. A forecast miss is a clue, not a guaranteed price move.
Inspect wind forecast error →What does a net power import tell us?
Net imports add electricity supply to GB, but the net figure can hide opposing flows on individual links. Compare the link-level outturn with demand, generation and prices on both sides of the border.
Inspect interconnector flows →Historical learning exercise
Daily market challenge
Loading a completed historical day…
Historical outturn is shown for learning. It is not a forecast, tradable signal or evidence that an analyst could have known every value in advance.
Annotated recent history
Five recent days worth studying
Picked automatically from the last 30 completed days of published data: the highest and lowest prices, the highest and lowest renewable share (a dunkelflaute-style day) and the highest demand. Each note is generated by transparent rules from that day's numbers, followed by what happened the next day.
Open the Learning page to load recent days…
Rule-based annotations of published outturn. They describe what the data shows, not why markets moved, and are not a forecast.
See the sequence
Historical settlement-day review
Choose a completed day from the past month, then review it period by period. Missing source values remain visibly unavailable.
Source: Elexon Insights and NESO Carbon Intensity. These are retrospective observations, not a record of information available before each period.
See the sources
Current data, clearly attributed
The read-only learning data snapshot shows the latest available system price, NIV, demand and generation shares with units, observation times and source names. Unavailable values are clearly identified; a day-ahead price is not currently connected.