Carbon Intensity API · Example Payload

Get Regional Intensity

Example response from GET /regional/postcode/RG10 — returns carbon intensity and generation mix for the DNO region containing postcode RG10

Carbon IntensityEnvironmentEnergyElectricityClimateGreat BritainNational Grid

Get Regional Intensity 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 by postcode",
  "description": "Example response from GET /regional/postcode/RG10 — returns carbon intensity and generation mix for the DNO region containing postcode RG10",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/regional/postcode/RG10",
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "data": [
        {
          "regionid": 3,
          "dnoregion": "Electricity North West",
          "shortname": "North West England",
          "postcode": "RG10",
          "data": [
            {
              "from": "2018-01-20T12:00Z",
              "to": "2018-01-20T12:30Z",
              "intensity": {
                "forecast": 266,
                "index": "moderate"
              },
              "generationmix": [
                {"fuel": "gas", "perc": 43.6},
                {"fuel": "coal", "perc": 0.7},
                {"fuel": "biomass", "perc": 4.2},
                {"fuel": "nuclear", "perc": 17.6},
                {"fuel": "hydro", "perc": 2.2},
                {"fuel": "imports", "perc": 6.5},
                {"fuel": "other", "perc": 0.3},
                {"fuel": "wind", "perc": 6.8},
                {"fuel": "solar", "perc": 18.1}
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}