Internet of Things
Carbon Intensity
13 min
the carbon intensity app provides real time and forecasted electricity carbon intensity data for great britain, enabling users to optimize energy usage for lower emissions integrating with make com allows automation based on carbon intensity, supporting sustainability goals this is ai generated content based on official carbon intensity documentation the content may still contain errors—please verify important information if you have questions, contact carbon intensity support directly how to get support on carbon intensity carbon intensity is a community developed application and is subjected to the developer's terms and conditions, which may include applicable fees make does not maintain or support this integration for assistance, please https //f make com/r/reachout?app name=carbon%20intensity\&app slug=carbon intensity community\&app unique id=carbon intensity mlsnec requirements to use the carbon intensity app in make, you must have an active account on the platform, create your account on carbon intensity app installation to install this app, you need admin, owner, or app developer permissions organizations start by installing the app from the make integration page click the install button and follow the on screen instructions to complete the setup connect carbon intensity and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between carbon intensity and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate you can connect using the following method api key api key instructions you need to retrieve both your bpt app license key and your electricity maps api key log in to your electricity maps account in the left hand menu, click on the api icon locate your electricity maps api key linked to your account retrieve your electricity maps api key retrieve your bpt app license key as required some community developers require an additional specific api key retrieve the required api key from the community developer's dashboard, generally found under settings/api for more info, please https //f make com/r/reachout?app name=carbon%20intensity\&app slug=carbon intensity community\&app unique id=carbon intensity mlsnec create the connection in {{product name}} log in in your make account , add the carbon intensity module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection if you add a module with an instant tag, click create a webhook , then create a connection optional in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection enter the authentication credentials you copied from your carbon intensity or follow the on screen instructions to create the connection you must also enter any required third party api keys obtained earlier for detailed information on connecting an application, see connect an application carbon intensity modules after connecting to the carbon intensity app, you can choose from a list of available modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} get carbon intensity from location with start date retrieve detailed carbon intensity information for specific regions within great britain this module provides up to date data on the amount of carbon emissions associated with electricity generation in each region get carbon intensity with start date retrieve detailed information about carbon intensity levels, helping you monitor and analyze the amount of carbon emissions produced over a specific period or in a particular area get data by country retrieve data based on the selected region, allowing you to access information specific to a particular geographic area get generation mix retrieve the generation mix data, showing the breakdown of energy sources used for electricity generation you can choose to get information from the last 24 hours or specify a custom date range to see the mix during that period get statics between two dates retrieve detailed carbon intensity statistics for a specified time range by entering your desired start and end dates and times this module provides insights into carbon intensity levels within the selected period make an api call send a custom api request to interact directly with an external service’s api, allowing you to perform specific actions or retrieve data that may not be available through standard modules search a location by postcode find a specific location by entering its postcode this module helps you look up detailed information about a place using its postal code templates you can look for more templates in make's template gallery , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} carbon intensity resources you can have access to more resources related to this app on the following links carbon intensity topics on make community carbon intensity website carbon intensity documentation carbon intensity api documentation carbon intensity page on make