Carbon Intensity API National Intensity API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Carbon Intensity Factors National Intensity API
  description: The Carbon Intensity API is the official carbon intensity forecasting service for Great Britain, developed by the National Energy System Operator (NESO) in partnership with EDF, the University of Oxford, and WWF. It provides real-time, forecast, and historical carbon intensity data alongside generation mix information for GB electricity, with 96+ hour forecasts and 30-minute temporal resolution across 14 regional DNO boundaries. The API is publicly accessible with no authentication required and is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Carbon Intensity API Support
    url: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
    email: lyndon.ruff@nationalgrideso.com
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  termsOfService: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
  description: Production API server
tags:
- name: National Intensity
  description: National carbon intensity data for Great Britain
paths:
  /intensity:
    get:
      summary: Get current national carbon intensity
      description: Returns current national carbon intensity for Great Britain. Returns data for the half-hour period that includes the current time.
      operationId: getCurrentIntensity
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with current carbon intensity data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - from: 2018-01-20T12:00Z
                  to: 2018-01-20T12:30Z
                  intensity:
                    forecast: 266
                    actual: 263
                    index: moderate
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/date:
    get:
      summary: Get national carbon intensity for today
      description: Returns national carbon intensity data for all half-hour periods in the current date (today).
      operationId: getIntensityForToday
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with today's carbon intensity data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/date/{date}:
    get:
      summary: Get national carbon intensity for a specific date
      description: Returns national carbon intensity data for all half-hour periods on the specified date.
      operationId: getIntensityByDate
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - name: date
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2018-01-20'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with carbon intensity data for the specified date
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/date/{date}/{period}:
    get:
      summary: Get national carbon intensity for a specific date and period
      description: Returns national carbon intensity data for a specific half-hour period on the specified date. Periods are numbered 1-48 representing 30-minute intervals from midnight.
      operationId: getIntensityByDateAndPeriod
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - name: date
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2018-01-20'
      - name: period
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Half-hour period number (1-48)
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 48
          example: 24
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with carbon intensity data for the specified date and period
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/{from}:
    get:
      summary: Get national carbon intensity from a specific datetime
      description: Returns national carbon intensity data for the half-hour period that includes the specified datetime.
      operationId: getIntensityFrom
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with carbon intensity data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/{from}/fw24h:
    get:
      summary: Get 24-hour forward forecast from a specific datetime
      description: Returns national carbon intensity forecast data for the 24 hours following the specified datetime, with 30-minute resolution.
      operationId: getIntensityForward24h
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with 24-hour forward forecast data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/{from}/fw48h:
    get:
      summary: Get 48-hour forward forecast from a specific datetime
      description: Returns national carbon intensity forecast data for the 48 hours following the specified datetime, with 30-minute resolution.
      operationId: getIntensityForward48h
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with 48-hour forward forecast data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/{from}/pt24h:
    get:
      summary: Get 24-hour historical data ending at a specific datetime
      description: Returns national carbon intensity data for the 24 hours preceding the specified datetime, with 30-minute resolution.
      operationId: getIntensityPast24h
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with 24-hour historical data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/{from}/{to}:
    get:
      summary: Get national carbon intensity for a date/time range
      description: Returns national carbon intensity data for all half-hour periods between the specified from and to datetimes. Maximum range is 14 days.
      operationId: getIntensityRange
      tags:
      - National Intensity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ToDatetime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with carbon intensity data for the specified range
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    Intensity:
      type: object
      description: Carbon intensity measurements and forecast
      properties:
        forecast:
          type: integer
          description: Forecasted carbon intensity in gCO2/kWh
          example: 266
        actual:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: Actual carbon intensity in gCO2/kWh (null for future periods)
          example: 263
        index:
          type: string
          description: Qualitative carbon intensity index
          enum:
          - very low
          - low
          - moderate
          - high
          - very high
          example: moderate
    IntensityResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing national carbon intensity data
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          description: Array of carbon intensity periods
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityPeriod'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response wrapper
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    IntensityPeriod:
      type: object
      description: Carbon intensity data for a single half-hour period
      properties:
        from:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Start of the half-hour period (ISO 8601)
          example: 2018-01-20T12:00Z
        to:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: End of the half-hour period (ISO 8601)
          example: 2018-01-20T12:30Z
        intensity:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Intensity'
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Error response
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: HTTP status code and description
          example: 400 Bad Request
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
          example: Please enter a valid path e.g. /intensity/
  parameters:
    FromDatetime:
      name: from
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'Start datetime in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ). Example: 2018-01-20T12:00Z'
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
        example: 2018-01-20T12:00Z
    ToDatetime:
      name: to
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'End datetime in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ). Example: 2018-01-20T12:30Z'
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
        example: 2018-01-20T12:30Z
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid parameters or path
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error:
              code: 400 Bad Request
              message: Please enter a valid path e.g. /intensity/
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error:
              code: 500 Internal Server Error
              message: Internal Server Error
externalDocs:
  description: Carbon Intensity API Documentation
  url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/