Carbon Intensity API Statistics API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Carbon Intensity Factors Statistics 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: Statistics
  description: Carbon intensity statistics and aggregations
paths:
  /intensity/stats/{from}/{to}:
    get:
      summary: Get carbon intensity statistics for a date/time range
      description: Returns aggregated carbon intensity statistics (min, max, average) for the specified date/time range.
      operationId: getIntensityStats
      tags:
      - Statistics
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ToDatetime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with carbon intensity statistics
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityStatsResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - from: 2018-01-20T12:00Z
                  to: 2018-01-20T12:30Z
                  intensity:
                    max: 320
                    average: 266
                    min: 180
                    index: moderate
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /intensity/stats/{from}/{to}/{block}:
    get:
      summary: Get blocked carbon intensity statistics for a date/time range
      description: Returns aggregated carbon intensity statistics (min, max, average) for the specified date/time range, grouped into blocks of the specified number of hours.
      operationId: getIntensityStatsBlocked
      tags:
      - Statistics
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FromDatetime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ToDatetime'
      - name: block
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Block size in hours (1-24)
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 24
          example: 2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with blocked carbon intensity statistics
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityStatsResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    IntensityStatsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing aggregated carbon intensity statistics
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          description: Array of carbon intensity statistics periods
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityStatsPeriod'
    IntensityStatsPeriod:
      type: object
      description: Carbon intensity statistics for a time period
      properties:
        from:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Start of the period (ISO 8601)
          example: 2018-01-20T12:00Z
        to:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: End of the period (ISO 8601)
          example: 2018-01-20T12:30Z
        intensity:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntensityStats'
    IntensityStats:
      type: object
      description: Aggregated carbon intensity statistics
      properties:
        max:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum carbon intensity in gCO2/kWh
          example: 320
        average:
          type: integer
          description: Average carbon intensity in gCO2/kWh
          example: 266
        min:
          type: integer
          description: Minimum carbon intensity in gCO2/kWh
          example: 180
        index:
          type: string
          description: Qualitative carbon intensity index for the average
          enum:
          - very low
          - low
          - moderate
          - high
          - very high
          example: moderate
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response wrapper
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    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/