GridCarbon
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1.14.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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About GridCarbon
Track the carbon intensity of the GB electricity grid on your iPhone or iPad
Demand for electricity 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.
Demand for electricity 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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What's New in the Latest Version 1.14.0
Last updated on Jan 3, 2024
Old Versions
Update to include the new Viking Link interconnector.
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Version History
1.14.0
Jan 3, 2024
Update to include the new Viking Link interconnector.
1.13.0
May 5, 2023
Update to Sheffield Solar API.
1.12.0
Mar 22, 2023
Update to better handle missing wind and solar data.
1.11.0
Jul 20, 2022
Update to use the new V4 Sheffield Solar API.
1.10.0
Oct 29, 2021
Update to use new Sheffield Solar API.
1.9.2
Jul 29, 2021
Small bug fix to prevent view updating incorrectly when the app has no data.
1.9.1
Feb 15, 2021
Bug fixes to address issues with dark mode.
1.9.0
Feb 13, 2021
Updated for new INTELEC, INTIFA2 and INTNSL interconnectors.
1.8.1
Jun 21, 2019
Update to use new Sheffield Solar API.
1.8.0
Feb 25, 2019
Update for new interconnectors.
1.7.1
Sep 25, 2018
Update for new iPhones.
1.7.0
Jul 6, 2018
Update to use live and historical PV data from Sheffield Solar.
1.6.7
Jun 5, 2018
Small update to improve handling the appearance of the notifications page when in landscape mode.
1.6.6
May 7, 2018
Updated long press in landscape view to work correctly with multiple selections.
1.6.5
Apr 12, 2018
Small update to handle screen size correctly when the in-call status bar is visible.
1.6.4
Nov 6, 2017
Fix for missing biomass generation caused by a change to the data API
1.6.3
Oct 31, 2017
- Automatic updating for live displays
- New iPad layout with horizontal view
- Support of iPhone X and iPad Pro (9.7, 10.5 and 12.9)
- New iPad layout with horizontal view
- Support of iPhone X and iPad Pro (9.7, 10.5 and 12.9)
1.6.2
Sep 27, 2017
Long press of any icon in landscape view will disable all other fuel types.
Small layout tweaks to improve formatting when carbon intensity is low.
Fix to formatting when using accessibility bold font.
Small layout tweaks to improve formatting when carbon intensity is low.
Fix to formatting when using accessibility bold font.
1.6
Apr 11, 2017
Updated constituent carbon intensity values and colour banding ranges.
Added unmetered solar and additional unmetered wind generation
Updated generation mix plot to show true settlement periods.
Updated time labels to show GMT and BST appropriately.
Updated icons and small fixes to interface.
Added unmetered solar and additional unmetered wind generation
Updated generation mix plot to show true settlement periods.
Updated time labels to show GMT and BST appropriately.
Updated icons and small fixes to interface.
1.5.6
Dec 4, 2016
Fixed the API issue that was preventing the app accessing data.
1.5.5
Oct 5, 2015
Updated for iOS9.
1.5.4
May 16, 2015
Fixed bug in calculation of sunrise and sunset times.
1.5.3
Nov 20, 2014
Improved robustness when generation mix data received from server contains missing or repeated elements.
1.5.2
Nov 10, 2014
Fixed bug causing crash when 12 hour clock used.
Added Crashlytics crash tracking to prevent future occurrences.
Added Crashlytics crash tracking to prevent future occurrences.
1.5.1
Nov 7, 2014
New link to GridCarbon website.
Bug fixes to landscape auto-rotation.
Improved robustness to malformed data.
Native iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus support.
Bug fixes to landscape auto-rotation.
Improved robustness to malformed data.
Native iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus support.
GridCarbon FAQ
Click here to learn how to download GridCarbon in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of GridCarbon.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
GridCarbon supports English
