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What's flowing through the wires?

What's on the Grid

Behind every price is a physical mix of fuels. This is what generates Europe's power hour to hour — and how clean, or dirty, each hour really is.

Generation Mix Chart

Full generation by fuel for any zone — France's flat nuclear against Germany's volatile wind and solar.

2-zoneside-by-side compare

Carbon Intensity Chart

How many grams of CO₂ each kilowatt-hour carries, computed from the live mix.

32 → 553gCO₂/kWh, cleanest → dirtiest zone

Residual Load Chart

Demand minus wind and solar — the load conventional plants and batteries must still cover.

eveningpeak residual hour

Marginal Fuel Model

A model of when gas sets the price — CCGT cost against the day-ahead, hour by hour.

A model, not a measurement.

~76%of days gas is marginal (modelled)
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