Regional Carbon Intensity Forecast

Regional 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=c16b0e19-c02a-44a8-ba05-4db2c0545a2a&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "c16b0e19-c02a-44a8-ba05-4db2c0545a2a" LIMIT 5`

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

var data = {
  resource_id: 'c16b0e19-c02a-44a8-ba05-4db2c0545a2a', // 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=c16b0e19-c02a-44a8-ba05-4db2c0545a2a&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

Download (CSV)

Data Explorer

Table Information

datetime

Title	Date & Time
Type	datetime
Description	Timestamp of record, given in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
Comment	n/a
Example	2018-09-17T23:00:00
Unit	N/A

North Scotland

Title	North Scotland Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

South Scotland

Title	South Scotland Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

North West England

Title	North West England Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

North East England

Title	North East England Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

Yorkshire

Title	Yorkshire Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

North Wales and Merseyside

Title	North Wales and Merseyside Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

South Wales

Title	South Wales Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

West Midlands

Title	West Midlands Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

East Midlands

Title	East Midlands Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

East England

Title	East England Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

South West England

Title	South West England Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

South England

Title	South England Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

London

Title	London Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

South East England

Title	South East England Carbon Intensity Forecast
Type	number
Description	Forecast DNO region carbon intensity, predicted using machine learning models and metered generation. Forecast values are given in gCO2/kWh.
Comment	N/A
Example	N/A
Unit	gCO2/kWh

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Regional Carbon Intensity Forecast

CKAN Data API

Data Explorer

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Table Information

datetime

North Scotland

South Scotland

North West England

North East England

Yorkshire

North Wales and Merseyside

South Wales

West Midlands

East Midlands

East England

South West England

South England

London

South East England