🤯 Wow, look at Britain flexing its renewable muscles while the rest of the world is still lighting candles 🔥. But hey, let's celebrate overloading that grid like a college student cramming for finals! 🎓🔌 Also, kudos for exporting power—because nothing screams energy efficiency like shipping electricity across the Channel, right? ⚡️🌍
https://grid.iamkate.com/ #renewableenergy #energyefficiency #gridoverload #UKpower #exportenergy #HackerNews #ngated
National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

💡 UK Power at 7:20pm:

♻️ Renewable: 50.0% (19.8GW)
🔥 Hydrocarbon: 14.4% (5.7GW)
☢️ Other: 14.6% (5.8GW)
🫱 Transfers: 21.0% (7.5GW)

📈 Generation: 31.3GW
📉 Demand: 39.6GW
🏭 Emissions: 86g/kWh
💷 Cost: £135.42/MWh

Renewable Energy (RE):

🍃 Wind: 19.30GW 48.8%
☀️ Solar: 0.00GW 0.0%
⛲ Hydro: 0.49GW 1.2%

RE Max Today: 32.4GW at 12:20pm
RE All Time Max: 32.4GW on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:30

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/
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National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

💡 UK Power at 10:20am:

♻️ Renewable: 75.0% (28.1GW)
🔥 Hydrocarbon: 8.3% (3.1GW)
☢️ Other: 13.1% (4.9GW)
🫱 Transfers: 3.6% (2.7GW)

📈 Generation: 36.1GW
📉 Demand: 37.5GW
🏭 Emissions: 46g/kWh
💷 Cost: £34.95/MWh

Renewable Energy (RE):

🍃 Wind: 21.49GW 57.3%
☀️ Solar: 6.31GW 16.8%
⛲ Hydro: 0.33GW 0.9%

RE Max Today: 28.1GW at 10:20am
RE All Time Max: 28.1GW on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:30

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/
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National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

💡 UK Power at 9:20pm:

♻️ Renewable: 66.1% (22.9GW)
🔥 Hydrocarbon: 17.3% (6.0GW)
☢️ Other: 14.7% (5.1GW)
🫱 Transfers: 1.9% (3.0GW)

📈 Generation: 34.1GW
📉 Demand: 34.8GW
🏭 Emissions: 79g/kWh
💷 Cost: £88.93/MWh

Renewable Energy (RE):

🍃 Wind: 22.62GW 65.1%
☀️ Solar: 0.00GW 0.0%
⛲ Hydro: 0.33GW 0.9%

RE Max Today: 23GW at 2:20pm
RE All Time Max: 28GW on Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:30

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/
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National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

💡 UK Power at 4:20am:

♻️ Renewable: 14.6% (3.6GW)
🔥 Hydrocarbon: 36.6% (9.1GW)
☢️ Other: 23.9% (5.9GW)
🫱 Transfers: 24.9% ()

📈 Generation: 18.6GW
📉 Demand: 24.8GW
🏭 Emissions: 188g/kWh
💷 Cost: £107.16/MWh

Renewable Energy (RE):

🍃 Wind: 3.04GW 12.2%
☀️ Solar: 0.00GW 0.0%
⛲ Hydro: 0.58GW 2.3%

RE Max Today: 4.5GW at 12:20am
RE All Time Max: 28GW on Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:30

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/
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National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

💡 UK Power at 2:20am:

♻️ Renewable: 24.6% (6.5GW)
🔥 Hydrocarbon: 32.0% (8.4GW)
☢️ Other: 22.6% (5.9GW)
🫱 Transfers: 20.8% (6.9GW)

📈 Generation: 20.8GW
📉 Demand: 26.3GW
🏭 Emissions: 154g/kWh
💷 Cost: £112.11/MWh

Renewable Energy (RE):

🍃 Wind: 6.10GW 23.2%
☀️ Solar: 0.00GW 0.0%
⛲ Hydro: 0.37GW 1.4%

RE Max Today: 6.5GW at 2:20am
RE All Time Max: 28GW on Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:30

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/
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National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

💡 UK Power at 7:20pm:

♻️ Renewable: 31.3% (12.4GW)
🔥 Hydrocarbon: 38.1% (15.0GW)
☢️ Other: 15.6% (6.2GW)
🫱 Transfers: 15.0% (3.4GW)

📈 Generation: 33.7GW
📉 Demand: 39.6GW
🏭 Emissions: 179g/kWh
💷 Cost: £120.58/MWh

Renewable Energy (RE):

🍃 Wind: 11.76GW 29.8%
☀️ Solar: 0.00GW 0.0%
⛲ Hydro: 0.62GW 1.6%

RE Max Today: 16.2GW at 12:20pm
RE All Time Max: 28GW on Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:30

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/
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National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

The UK just hit a new record, running on 💯 clean electricity ( #renewables & #nuclear) for 87 hours straight so far in 2025 ⚡🌍 That’s a huge leap from only 2.5 hours in 2021! #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #UKPower

Analysis: Great Britain has ru...
Analysis: Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far - Carbon Brief

Electricity demand on the island of Great Britain has been fully covered by the output of clean-energy sources for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date

Carbon Brief

"The site will provide Tesco with up to 10% of its UK electricity demand over 15 years. Tesco said the amount of clean energy generated would be enough to power 144 of its large stores for a year."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/17/tesco-signs-deal-to-buy-enough-solar-energy-to-power-144-large-stores

By Honiton : Tesco by Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=141176628

#ukpower #solarpower #renewables #ukbusiness

Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores

Supermarket will buy almost two-thirds of the energy generated by the new £450m Cleve Hill solar park in Kent

The Guardian

UK reaches 250,000 certified heat pump installations

"over 30,000 certified #heatpumps were installed between January and July 2024, representing a 45% increase from the same period in 2023; this puts the UK on track for a record-breaking 2024 for heat pump installations. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme provides up to £7,500 to households looking to switch their gas boilers to heat pumps, and uptake rates have skyrocketed following its implementation"

https://www.current-news.co.uk/uk-heat-pump-installations-250000/

#ukenergy #ukpower

UK reaches 250,000 certified heat pump installations

New data from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme has revealed that 250,000 heat pump installations have been completed in UK homes.

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