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Forecast · Great Britain

Embedded wind and solar forecast

Half-hourly forecasts of embedded wind and solar generation, the smaller wind and solar sites connected to local distribution networks rather than the transmission grid. These are forecasts, not measured output.

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Forecast · Great Britain

Demand forecast

Tomorrow's expected National Demand for Great Britain, half-hour by half-hour. These are forecast values published ahead of time, measured demand is shown separately.

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The day-ahead demand forecast is published through Elexon BMRS from NGESO. It represents forecast Great Britain National Demand as average MW per Settlement Period. It includes transmission losses and excludes interconnector flows, station-transformer demand and pumped-storage demand. Source: Elexon BMRS · NGESO · dataset NDF.

Actual or estimated · Great Britain

Wind and solar today

Elexon AGWS/B1630 provides actual or estimated half-hourly wind and solar generation for Great Britain, per Settlement Period. These are settlement-period values, not the five-minute operational feed and not a forecast.

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Source: Elexon BMRS · AGWS/B1630 (actual or estimated wind and solar generation). Scope: Great Britain. Average power is megawatts, not an energy total.

Carbon intensity forecast · your region

Cleanest time for a task

Uses the NESO carbon intensity forecast for the whole grid, not the embedded wind and solar forecast above. Choose how long the task runs and when it must finish.

For your region's forecast. Without one, we use the Great Britain forecast.

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To show the carbon saved. See the appliance calculator for typical figures.

Source: National Energy System Operator (NESO) · Embedded Wind and Solar Forecasts. Scope: Great Britain. Forecast values only, measured generation comes from Elexon and is shown separately.