Carbon Intensity API · Example Payload

Get Intensity Factors

Example response from GET /intensity/factors — returns the gCO2/kWh carbon intensity factor for each electricity generation fuel type

Carbon IntensityEnvironmentEnergyElectricityClimateGreat BritainNational Grid

Get Intensity Factors is an example object payload from Carbon Intensity API, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

summarydescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "summary": "Get carbon intensity factors by fuel type",
  "description": "Example response from GET /intensity/factors — returns the gCO2/kWh carbon intensity factor for each electricity generation fuel type",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/factors",
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "data": [
        {
          "Biomass": 120,
          "Coal": 937,
          "Dutch Imports": 474,
          "French Imports": 53,
          "Gas (Combined Cycle)": 394,
          "Gas (Open Cycle)": 651,
          "Hydro": 0,
          "Irish Imports": 458,
          "Nuclear": 0,
          "Oil": 935,
          "Other": 300,
          "Pumped Storage": 0,
          "Solar": 0,
          "Wind": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}