Electricity Maps

Mapping the climate impact of electricity, worldwide, and in real-time.

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For our closed beta, we're looking for 10 specialists working in the power markets: traders, quants, consultants. Free, unlimited access for the duration of the beta, in exchange for your feedback.

Sign up now: https://t.co/5HzZtTTj51

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New today from Electricity Maps:
Grid Analyst is an AI analyst with direct access to the Electricity Maps database: fundamentals, prices, cross-border flows, forecasts, weather data, TSO data. Purpose-built for power market workflows, with the domain depth to support quant-grade analysis.

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Ask it to investigate a grid event, isolate cross-border causes, or develop and test trading strategies. It runs the SQL queries, builds the charts, and walks through its reasoning. No manual querying required.

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API docs: https://t.co/4iKMHfOHZt

Developer portal: https://t.co/Kx4d7XlPOq

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Ready to start shifting heavy computing workloads to times and places with lower carbon intensity to reduce your emissions?

Try out our new "Carbon Aware Scheduler" API endpoint, and get access now through our developer portal. (Links in replies!)

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Some Electricity Maps users may have experienced partially degraded service due to increased error rates from approximately 18:30 to 19:20 UTC as a result of issues affecting multiple Google Cloud Platform products. All systems are now operating normally. For further updates, visit our status page: https://t.co/uXLiHryePM

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Update: A day after the major blackout that hit Spain and Portugal, the Spanish TSO REE has confirmed that demand has been completely restored. While the root cause of the outage is still unknown, we can already analyze how the grid restoration unfolded — and what it tells us about system resilience.

🔄 How do you restart a power system after a total blackout?
This is known as a black start, and it must be carried out in carefully managed stages to keep grid frequency within safe limits. In the case of Spain, the following resources were used to get the grid back to capacity:

- Hydro and gas resources were among the first to restart the supply.
- The interconnection between Spain and France has also been crucial: More than 4 GWh were imported from France between 14:00 and 18:00 CEST. Imports from Morocco also contributed to the restoration of power supply in the evening, between 19:00 and 20:00 CEST.

🛑 Why not nuclear?
Nuclear plants were automatically disconnected for safety reasons and are typically among the last to rejoin the grid during restoration.

☀️ And wind and solar?
During the blackout, some wind and solar generation remained online and continued to support the grid in isolated areas, helping to prevent a complete system collapse. However, these sources currently do not support black start operations. Most solar PV systems lack grid-forming capabilities, meaning they cannot independently contribute to restoring the system after a total shutdown.

You can continue to track the evolution of events in real time through our app and portal.

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🚨 Grid alert - Major power outage in Spain and Portugal (Spanish version below)

The Iberian network was automatically disconnected from the European grid at 12:38 PM CET, leaving millions without power. This major power blackout hit Spain and Portugal, also affecting Andorra and some parts of France close to the border.

The Spanish TSO, Red Eléctrica (REE), expects to restore the supply in the next 6 to 10 hours. The causes of this major outage are still to be determined.

We are closely reporting the data shared by ENTSO-E and monitoring all updates coming from the Spanish TSO (REE), the French TSO Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (RTE) and other governmental sources to keep all users informed.

Spanish authorities have temporarily stopped all nuclear power supply due to safety reasons, as can be seen in the data visualization below. You can observe these and other related events in our app and see the effects on neighboring grids. Please note that there may be slight delays in the data.

Note: ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity) is the central point for the collection and publication of data related to the generation, transportation, and consumption of electricity across Europe.

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🚨 Alerta en el sistema eléctrico: Gran apagón en España y Portugal

La red ibérica se desconectó automáticamente de la red eléctrica europea a las 12:38 PM CET, dejando a millones de personas sin suministro eléctrico. Este gran apagón afectó a España y Portugal, impactando también a Andorra y a algunas zonas fronterizas de Francia.

Red Eléctrica de España (REE), el operador del sistema de transmisión español, prevé restablecer el suministro en un plazo de entre 6 y 10 horas. Las causas aún están por determinarse.

Estamos siguiendo de cerca los datos compartidos por ENTSO-E y monitorizando todas las actualizaciones provenientes de REE, del operador francés RTE y de otras fuentes oficiales para mantener informados a todos los usuarios.

Las autoridades españolas han detenido temporalmente la producción eléctrica de las centrales nucleares del país por motivos de seguridad, como puede observarse en la visualización de datos que mostramos a continuación.

Puedes seguir este y otros eventos relacionados en nuestra aplicación, donde también podrás ver los efectos en las redes eléctricas vecinas. Ten en cuenta que podrían producirse pequeños retrasos en la actualización de los datos.

Nota: ENTSO-E (Red Europea de Operadores de Sistemas de Transmisión de Electricidad) es el organismo central encargado de la recopilación y publicación de datos sobre generación, transporte y consumo de electricidad en toda Europa.

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Useful links:
🗺️ Electricity Maps App: https://t.co/MqbMOqiWsh
📊 Electricity Maps Portal: https://t.co/2BWhxhQ885
🔌 ENTSO-E: https://t.co/PrhDpRPvPl

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Will carbon-awareness be the new standard for sustainable IT infrastructure?

We're thrilled to discuss this in our next webinar with guests from @Google and @gsfcommunity as we dive into the world of green IT.

📅 May 5th, 6pm CEST | 9am PST
👉 Register now: https://t.co/TISuhwCVVz

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🔍 If you are curious about the different models used to generate the datasets, you can find more information here: https://t.co/eHy6D1awwx

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Exciting news! We released over 180+ additional electricity datasets in our portal — helping companies around the globe to adopt more granular carbon accounting practices. 🌏

Visit the portal to explore the new available countries and zones: https://t.co/qLFzjCtS76

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@micha06de @jungpionier_ We’ll give these "unruly" developers a standing ovation instead — they’ve built this project, expanded coverage, improved data quality, and still engage with users who’d rather bash than discuss when asked for feedback :)

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@micha06de @jungpionier_ As we have kindly pointed out, we do indeed intend to bring this functionality back! As you might also have noticed, the team has been working hard to bring a lot of new zones on the map instead - unfortunately we can't do it all at once, so we have to prioritise ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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@micha06de Thanks for the feedback, we will add the functionality back in the UI quite soon as well!

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Hi @reddivivo, thank you. As there is no measured hourly data available for China, we leveraged our recently improved General Purpose Zone Development model, which is combining monthly aggregate data, advanced machine learning, and real-time weather insights to estimate hourly electricity production with the best accuracy possible. If you are curious, you can find more information about this new model here: https://t.co/Rv5ng1v8J0

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The big update you’ve been waiting for: China is now live on Electricity Maps! 🇨🇳

Alongside other recently added regions, we’ve expanded our coverage to deliver real-time grid data on our app and API for one of the world’s most crucial energy markets. Explore it on the app: https://t.co/Hz84bqODeE

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Hi @giorgino1998, thank you! As there is no measured hourly data available for China, we leveraged our recently improved General Purpose Zone Development model, which is why you see the "Data is always estimated" tag. The model is combining monthly aggregate data, advanced machine learning, and real-time weather insights to estimate hourly electricity production with the best accuracy possible. You can find more information about this new model here: https://t.co/Rv5ng1vGyy

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Hi @75Jamin, as there is no measured hourly data available for China, we leveraged our recently improved General Purpose Zone Development model, which is why you see the "Data is always estimated" tag. The model is combining monthly aggregate data, advanced machine learning, and real-time weather insights to estimate hourly electricity production with the best accuracy possible. You can find more information about this new model here: https://t.co/Rv5ng1v8J0

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Hi @CleanPowerDave. As there is no measured hourly data available for China, we leveraged our recently improved General Purpose Zone Development model, combining monthly aggregate data, advanced machine learning, and real-time weather insights to estimate hourly electricity production with the best accuracy possible. You can find more information about this new model here: https://t.co/Rv5ng1v8J0