Carbon Intensity of Balancing Actions

File containing half hourly carbon intensity of Balancing Mechanism combined Final Physical Notices and balancing actions.

CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Query
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query example (first 5 results)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=0b7edf10-4328-4b85-a0af-e6daa6bb8428&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "0b7edf10-4328-4b85-a0af-e6daa6bb8428" LIMIT 5`

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

var data = {
  resource_id: '0b7edf10-4328-4b85-a0af-e6daa6bb8428', // the resource id
  limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'jsonp',
  success: function(data) {
    alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
  }
});

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

import urllib2
  url = 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=0b7edf10-4328-4b85-a0af-e6daa6bb8428&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

Download (CSV)

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Table Information

DATETIME

Title	Date & Time
Type	datetime
Description	Time stamp of record. Record given in year-month-day hour:minute format.
Comment
Example	2021-03-28T14:30
Unit	UTC ISO 8601

FPN

Title	Carbon Intensity of FPN
Type	number
Description	Balancing Mechanism Units submit their Final Physical Notice to the ESO at gate closure. FPNs are a notice of BMU's intended profile over the settlement period. The carbon intensity of the FPN profile is a measure of CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour had all units followed their FPN profile.
Comment
Example	264.2
Unit	gCO2/kWh

BOA

Title	Carbon Intensity of BOA
Type	number
Description	Once BMUs have submitted their FPNs, the ESO control room can instruct them to deviate from their intended profile by issuing bids and offers. If a bid or offer is accepted (BOA), the BMU will follow the BOA profile rather than the FPN profile. The carbon intensity of BOAs, the balancing actions taken in the Balancing Mechanism, is a measure of CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of FPNs with the updated BOA profiles applied.
Comment
Example	270
Unit	gCO2/kWh

Difference

Title	FPN BOA Difference
Type	number
Description	This metric records the difference between the FPN carbon intensity, where no balancing actions have been taken, and the BOA carbon intensity with balancing actions applied. It indicates whether the balancing actions in the BM have increased or decreased the carbon intensity of the system. It is positive if the BOA profile is higher than that of the FPN, and negative if vice versa.
Comment
Example	-5
Unit	gCO2/kWh

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Carbon Intensity of Balancing Actions

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Table Information

DATETIME

FPN

BOA

Difference