Carbon Intensity API

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.

Carbon Intensity API publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Factors API, Generation Mix API, National Intensity API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Carbon Intensity, Environment, Energy, Electricity, and Climate.

The Carbon Intensity API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Carbon Intensity API’s developer surface includes documentation and 9 more developer resources.

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: carbon-intensity
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/carbon-intensity.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Carbon 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.
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
tags:
- Carbon Intensity
- Environment
- Energy
- Electricity
- Climate
- Great Britain
- National Grid
apis:
- aid: carbon-intensity:carbon-intensity-factors-api
  name: Carbon Intensity API Factors API
  description: Carbon intensity factors by fuel type
  humanURL: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
  tags:
  - Factors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbon-intensity-factors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/api-definitions
  - type: TermsOfService
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/finops/carbon-intensity-finops.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/generation-mix.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/regional-intensity.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/intensity-factors.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/carbon-intensity-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-ld/carbon-intensity-context.jsonld
- aid: carbon-intensity:carbon-intensity-generation-mix-api
  name: Carbon Intensity API Generation Mix API
  description: Electricity generation mix data (beta)
  humanURL: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
  tags:
  - Generation Mix
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbon-intensity-generation-mix-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/api-definitions
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/terms
  - type: License
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  - type: Plans
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/generation-mix.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/regional-intensity.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/intensity-factors.json
  - type: Vocabulary
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  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-ld/carbon-intensity-context.jsonld
- aid: carbon-intensity:carbon-intensity-national-intensity-api
  name: Carbon Intensity API National Intensity API
  description: National carbon intensity data for Great Britain
  humanURL: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
  tags:
  - National Intensity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbon-intensity-national-intensity-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/api-definitions
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/terms
  - type: License
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  - type: Plans
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/generation-mix.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/regional-intensity.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/intensity-factors.json
  - type: Vocabulary
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  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-ld/carbon-intensity-context.jsonld
- aid: carbon-intensity:carbon-intensity-regional-api
  name: Carbon Intensity API Regional API
  description: Regional carbon intensity and generation mix data (beta)
  humanURL: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
  tags:
  - Regional
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbon-intensity-regional-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/api-definitions
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/terms
  - type: License
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/plans/carbon-intensity-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/finops/carbon-intensity-finops.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/generation-mix.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/regional-intensity.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-schema/intensity-factors.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/carbon-intensity-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-ld/carbon-intensity-context.jsonld
- aid: carbon-intensity:carbon-intensity-statistics-api
  name: Carbon Intensity API Statistics API
  description: Carbon intensity statistics and aggregations
  humanURL: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk
  tags:
  - Statistics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbon-intensity-statistics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/api-definitions
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/terms
  - type: License
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/plans/carbon-intensity-plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: Vocabulary
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  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbon-intensity/refs/heads/main/json-ld/carbon-intensity-context.jsonld
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/api-definitions/issues
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/carbon-intensity-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carbon-intensity-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://carbonintensity.org.uk/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://github.com/carbon-intensity/terms
- type: License
  url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/carbonintensity
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-energy-system-operator
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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