Great Britain Electricity Generation by Fuel Right Now: Gas, Wind, Nuclear, Interconnectors (Elexon BMRS)

elexon/generation-by-fuel-now

The current electricity generation of Great Britain by fuel category, from the Elexon Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service: for each of 20 categories (gas CCGT and OCGT, coal, nuclear, wind, biomass, hydro, pumped storage, oil, other, and each interconnector) the latest five-minute output in megawatts and its share of the total, the same for the current half hour, and the energy and share over the last 24 hours. Takes no input. Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Elexon product.

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Data source

Elexon Limited

Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026. Licence: https://www.elexon.co.uk/bsc/data/balancing-mechanism-reporting-agent/copyright-licence-bmrs-data/ Served by Eden Engine; not an official Elexon product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "elexon/generation-by-fuel-now" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "elexon/generation-by-fuel-now" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "elexon/generation-by-fuel-now", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "elexon/generation-by-fuel-now", input: { /* ... */ } })

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Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 25, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "fuelType",
          "currentUsage"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "dataset": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset code, FUELINSTHHCUR."
          },
          "fuelType": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The generation category: BIOMASS, CCGT (gas), COAL, NPSHYD (hydro), NUCLEAR, OCGT, OIL, OTHER, PS (pumped storage), WIND, or an interconnector such as INTFR, INTIRL, INTNED."
          },
          "currentUsage": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Latest five-minute average output in megawatts."
          },
          "halfHourUsage": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Output over the current half hour in megawatts."
          },
          "currentPercentage": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Share of total generation right now, percent."
          },
          "halfHourPercentage": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Share of total generation over the current half hour, percent."
          },
          "twentyFourHourUsage": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Energy over the last 24 hours in megawatt hours."
          },
          "twentyFourHourPercentage": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Share of total generation over the last 24 hours, percent."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "One row per generation category, 20 rows, in alphabetical order of fuelType. Interconnector rows (names beginning INT) are imports into Great Britain when positive and exports when negative."
    }
  },
  "description": "The service's bare array wrapped as `results`.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}