National Carbon Intensity Forecast

National carbon intensity forecast for the GB electricity system.

CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Query
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query example (first 5 results)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=0e5fde43-2de7-4fb4-833d-c7bca3b658b0&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "0e5fde43-2de7-4fb4-833d-c7bca3b658b0" LIMIT 5`

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

var data = {
  resource_id: '0e5fde43-2de7-4fb4-833d-c7bca3b658b0', // the resource id
  limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'jsonp',
  success: function(data) {
    alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
  }
});

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

import urllib2
  url = 'https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=0e5fde43-2de7-4fb4-833d-c7bca3b658b0&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

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Table Information

datetime

Title	Date & Time
Type	datetime
Description	Timestamp of record, given in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
Comment
Example	2018-01-01T01:30:00
Unit

forecast

Title	Forecast Carbon Intensity
Type	number
Description	Forecast national carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment
Example	159
Unit	gCO2/kWh

actual

Title	Actual Carbon Intensity
Type	number
Description	Actual national carbon intensity, estimated from metered generation. Actual values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment
Example	170
Unit	gCO2/kWh

index

Title	Index
Type	string
Description	Index describing the relative level of the carbon intensity.
Comment
Example	very low
Unit

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National Carbon Intensity Forecast

CKAN Data API

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Table Information

datetime

forecast

actual

index