Gas Share of UK Electricity
A durable landing page for understanding how much of Britain’s electricity is currently coming from gas and why that matters for emissions.
Latest static snapshot: gas share 5%, gas generation 1.6 GW, renewable share 81% and carbon intensity 34 gCO₂/kWh.
Latest GB electricity snapshot
Snapshot timestamp: 2026-09-06 11:30:00 UTC. Source freshness: Elexon FUELINST/BMRS + ESO + PV Live (live).
- Demand: 20.5 GW
- Visible generation: 30.5 GW
- Carbon intensity: 34 gCO₂/kWh (low)
- Renewable share: 81%
- Gas share: 5%
- Wind: 13.8 GW
- Solar: 9.7 GW
- Nuclear: 3.6 GW
- Imports/exports: 3.2 GW net imports
These values are a cached build-time snapshot for crawlers and non-JavaScript readers. The live dashboard refreshes in the browser from public grid and carbon-intensity sources.
Gas-fired generation is flexible and often responds when demand is high, wind is low or other sources are unavailable. A higher gas share is usually a sign that the electricity mix is more carbon intensive.
Recent report context: Highest average gas output was about 9.0 GW on Wednesday 2 September; lowest was about 3.1 GW on Monday 31 August.
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