Pipeworx carbon

UK national carbon intensity data — real-time, historical, and generation mix from the Carbon Intensity API

UK Carbon Intensity

How clean is the UK electricity grid right now? This pack pulls from the official Carbon Intensity API (carbonintensity.org.uk) maintained by National Grid ESO. Get real-time and historical carbon intensity forecasts plus the current generation fuel mix.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
get_intensity	Current national carbon intensity — forecast gCO2/kWh, actual value, and index (very low to very high)
get_intensity_by_date	Carbon intensity data for a specific date (format YYYY-MM-DD)
get_generation_mix	Current electricity generation breakdown by fuel type (wind, solar, gas, nuclear, etc.)

When this is useful

• Smart home systems deciding when to run appliances (charge EVs when intensity is low)
• Sustainability dashboards showing real-time grid carbon data
• Research comparing UK grid decarbonization over time
• Answering "how green is UK electricity right now?"

Example

bash

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/carbon/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_generation_mix","arguments":{}}}'

Returns something like:

json

{
  "from": "2024-03-15T10:00Z",
  "to": "2024-03-15T10:30Z",
  "mix": [
    { "fuel": "wind", "percentage": 38.2 },
    { "fuel": "nuclear", "percentage": 15.1 },
    { "fuel": "gas", "percentage": 22.4 },
    { "fuel": "solar", "percentage": 8.7 }
  ]
}

Setup

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-carbon": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/carbon/mcp"]
    }
  }
}