Welcome to wGrid Dashboard!

This dashboard is a work in progress. It is not yet complete, but it is being actively developed.

My main aim is to combine what I like about National Grid: Live and Energy Dashboard into a single dashboard, while making it easier for anyone else that also wants to develop a dashboard to use the data.

How does it work?

The data is sourced from a number of different sources, and then combined into a single database. This DB then serves a number of different API (Application Programming Interface) endpoints, including the current electricity mix and historical data for a given time period.

The data is then used to generate a number of different charts, through chart.js, and is displayed.

Can I use this API for [project]?

One of the main goals is to make the API stable and reliable enough for use in not just my projects, but other's too. For the moment, I will not stop you using it ('Access-Control-Allow-Origin' is set to '*' and no custom rate limits are imposed), but anything could change at any time. Proper docs will be written once the API is stable.

Can I download the database?

Sure, it's sqlite3. Download it here, I may make a reference parser in the future but it's super easy to just figure out yourself anyway.

Is this open source?

I may submit this for my A-Level project, so no for now, but it will be in the future.

Sources

The data used in this dashboard is sourced from:

Elexon Insights Solution
https://data.elexon.co.uk/bmrs/api/v1/datasets/FUELINST/stream
Sheffield Solar
https://api.solar.sheffield.ac.uk/pvlive/api/v4/gsp/0
The Carbon Intensity API
https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/intensity/{date}T00:00Z/fw24h
National Energy System Operator
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/backend/dataset/7a12172a-939c-404c-b581-a6128b74f588/resource/177f6fa4-ae49-4182-81ea-0c6b35f26ca6/download/demanddataupdate.csv
GridWatch (very old data)
https://gridwatch.templar.co.uk/download.php (not actually an API endpoint)

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