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Electricity Maps is nine years old today! 🎂

Thank you to all our customers, partners, and community for all you do to help push data-driven decarbonization forward. ⚡️

Here's @corradio.bsky.social's first commit, from May 21, 2016: github.com/electricitym...

I'm please to announce that i published the now famous scatter graph : Comparison between the electricity generation and CO2 intensity per countries in Europe.

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New countries are popping up every day on @electricitymaps.com, as we've developed new models that extrapolate monthly and yearly data into hourly data, using load data, real-time weather data and much more.

Is there a country you'd like to see on our platform soon? Let us know!

@electricitymaps.com now shows 72hrs of data in the app. Very interesting to see how renewables eat away coal and gas in e.g. Texas.

Check out our 72h view 🗺️! Perfect for tracking Europe's wind recovery.

While a dunkelflaute is rare, the data shows how quickly renewables bounce back. Here's how the German grid transformed:
Wind: 66.82% of demand
Carbon: 592→227 g/kWh
Price: €936→€13.96/MWh
Exports: 11.36GW
Hydro Storage: 2.78GW

A major dunkelflaute hit Europe at 5pm yesterday: wind & solar generation dropped while energy prices hit €936/MWh in Denmark/Germany. A reminder of the need for load shifting, diverse energy sources and storage solutions for the winter months.

#EnergyMarkets #Renewables #Dunkelflaute #Germany

New Historical Navigation feature in the app! 🎉

Explore hourly electricity data from the past month. Revisit milestones like Texas' renewable energy achievement at 12:00 PM on November 24th.

🔗 Check it out here: app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-TEX-...

#greentech #energy

New real-time data for ERCOT!

One of the coolest climate OSS projects, love the visualization. How green is your grid rn? ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Want to see a real-time map of the carbon intensity of electricity around the world? Electricity Maps has the goods!
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Are you thinking about using marginal emissions factors for scope 2 accounting?
In this new blog post, I break down the “impact accounting” approach and the issues that arise when using it with corporate emissions reporting.
electricitymaps.com/blog/margina...

My climate change guide has now been updated with the latest available figures
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