GridCarbon
Free App
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About GridCarbon
Track the carbon intensity of the UK electricity grid on your phone or tablet.
The demand for electricity in the UK varies throughout the day, and thus, the mix of generators supplying this electricity continually changes. As a result, the carbon intensity of the electricity – the quantity of CO2 produced for 1 kWh of electricity consumed – also varies continually. Deferring your use of electricity to off-peak times, when the carbon intensity is low, can help reduce your carbon footprint.
Features:
- Data updated every 5 minutes.
- Display of instantaneous carbon intensity (gCO2/kWh).
- Traffic light indicator to highlight period of low and high carbon intensity.
- Generation mix summary showing total and percentage supply by type.
- Line plot showing carbon intensity over the previous 24 hours.
- Interactive bar chart showing the generation mix over the previous 24 hours.
The demand for electricity in the UK varies throughout the day, and thus, the mix of generators supplying this electricity continually changes. As a result, the carbon intensity of the electricity – the quantity of CO2 produced for 1 kWh of electricity consumed – also varies continually. Deferring your use of electricity to off-peak times, when the carbon intensity is low, can help reduce your carbon footprint.
Features:
- Data updated every 5 minutes.
- Display of instantaneous carbon intensity (gCO2/kWh).
- Traffic light indicator to highlight period of low and high carbon intensity.
- Generation mix summary showing total and percentage supply by type.
- Line plot showing carbon intensity over the previous 24 hours.
- Interactive bar chart showing the generation mix over the previous 24 hours.
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App History & Updates
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New data source.
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Version update GridCarbon was updated to version 2.0
More downloads GridCarbon reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
More downloads GridCarbon reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
More downloads GridCarbon reached 500 - 1 000 downloads
What are users saying about GridCarbon
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Doesn't work. It refuses to connect telling me to check my settings. Rubbish.
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Neat little app - love it!
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Was quite useful, now tells me it cannot connect to internet, although everything else does. (Update) Just read their website, they have a problem with an API change, they are trying to resolve!
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Just gives "unable to connect" message. Shame as this app looks very interesting!
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Have reinstalled but unable to connect. Great app when it worked
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Nice app but it now says it cannot access the internet although everything else on my phone is working correctly.
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I cannot connect to the app on my android device. Says no connection but all other apps working accordingly
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Nice app - very handy!
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Brilliant app, really informative!! Would recommend to everyone.
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I love this app, but the iPhone version has been updated to show interconnectors. When will android get updated? I emailed the developer but no reply....
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Very useful but time aggregated figures would have been extremely useful.
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Great at seeing what's on the grid. Be good to adjust for unmetered wind in next version.
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Widget?
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This app really helps you to understand the energy landscape of the UK. It shows you the peak demand times and how your carbon emissions change as you use energy throughout the day. Can you make one for other countries?
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Excellent for teaching too
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Only complaint is that it took me a long time to work out how to see the graph view. A hint would be helpful for new users.
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Really good app and a great recent update adding current demand and more electricity sources (interconnectors etc.).
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Very nice app, update made a huge difference
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Brilliant app, really informative!! Would recommend to everyone.
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I love this app, but the iPhone version has been updated to show interconnectors. When will android get updated? I emailed the developer but no reply....
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Top app, graphs on landscape are most useful and can take sources off. Just downloaded the update - just gets better. A fantastic tool for communicating the energy challenge. Thanks.
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Really interesting to see what UK energy sources are at any given time.
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Geekery at its best. It would be good have hydro split in to pumped storage and non-pumped storage. Also the Anglo-Europe DC links.
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I love this app, but the iPhone version has been updated to show interconnectors. When will android get updated? I emailed the developer but no reply....
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This app really helps you to understand the energy landscape of the UK. It shows you the peak demand times and how your carbon emissions change as you use energy throughout the day. Can you make one for other countries?
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I teach on an energy module at university level and this really helps make a point about the dynamic nature of the generation mix on our grid.
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This is a great app for seeing the source of electricity at a given time, and therefore the carbon intensity of the supply.
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Good idea but only shows current power sources which is interesting, but not exactly useful.
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Have had this app a few years, has been amazing to see the gradual change in uk electricity generation. This all is so interesting I check it every day