What's powering England right now?
England's live electricity mix, carbon in all ten regions and the cleanest times to use power, from the grid operator's own figuresEngland's electricity mix
Region by region
England has ten network regions, each run by its own network operator. They can look very different at the same moment: windy northern regions next to southern ones leaning on gas and imports. Here's how each one looks right now, cleanest first. Hover over or tap the map to see any region.
When's the cleanest time to use power in England?
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Here's how much carbon each unit of electricity in England is forecast to carry over the next 24 hours.
How England's grid works
England uses most of Britain's electricity. Offshore wind farms in the North Sea land their power on the east coast, nuclear stations run around the clock, gas fills in the gaps, and solar's strongest in the south and south west.
Most of the undersea cables from Europe come ashore in Kent, with others in Lincolnshire and Northumberland, so the South East often runs on imported power.
- Coal Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, Britain's last coal power station, closed on 30 September 2024.
- Nuclear Sizewell B in Suffolk, Heysham in Lancashire and Hartlepool keep running day and night. Hinkley Point C is being built in Somerset.
- Wind Some of the world's biggest offshore wind farms, like Hornsea and Dogger Bank, sit off the Yorkshire coast.
What it means for your business
Your network region shapes part of your bill, and with half-hourly settlement coming in, when you use power will matter as much as how much. If your sites can shift work away from the early-evening peak, you'll cut carbon and costs. We'll help you find a contract that suits how you work.
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Business electricity is moving to half-hourly settlement (MHHS), so when you use power is about to matter as much as how much. See what it means for your site.
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See all of Britain live, with imports and supplier fuel mixesNorthern Ireland runs on a separate grid shared with Ireland, so its figures come from SONI, the grid operator there.
Live figures: the mix, carbon intensity and forecast for England, and each network region's, from the NESO Carbon Intensity API (CC BY 4.0). Regional figures are NESO's estimates of the electricity used in each region, including power flowing in from elsewhere, and are updated every half hour.
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