carbon-intensity-mcp 0.1.1

MCP server for UK Carbon Intensity API

Carbon Intensity MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to the UK Carbon Intensity API from National Energy System Operator (NESO).

Features

• Get current carbon intensity data for Great Britain
• Retrieve historical and forecast carbon intensity data
• Access regional carbon intensity data by postcode or region ID
• Get generation mix data (renewable vs non-renewable sources)
• Statistical analysis of carbon intensity trends
• Carbon intensity factors for different fuel types

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

# No installation needed - uvx will handle it automatically
uvx carbon-intensity-mcp --help

From Source

git clone https://github.com/benomahony/carbon-intensity-mcp.git
cd carbon-intensity-mcp
uv sync

Usage

If using from PyPI

Add to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carbon-intensity": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["carbon-intensity-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

If installed from source

Add to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carbon-intensity": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/carbon-intensity-mcp", "run", "carbon-intensity-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Important: Replace /path/to/carbon-intensity-mcp with the actual absolute path to your cloned repository.

For the example configuration provided:

cp example-config.json ~/.config/claude/mcp_servers.json
# Edit the path in the file to match your setup

Testing

Test the server works:

# If using from PyPI
echo '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "initialize", "params": {"protocolVersion": "2024-11-05", "capabilities": {"tools": {}}, "clientInfo": {"name": "test", "version": "1.0.0"}}}' | uvx carbon-intensity-mcp

# If installed from source
echo '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "initialize", "params": {"protocolVersion": "2024-11-05", "capabilities": {"tools": {}}, "clientInfo": {"name": "test", "version": "1.0.0"}}}' | uv run carbon-intensity-mcp

Available Tools

National Intensity

• get_current_intensity - Get carbon intensity for current half hour
• get_intensity_today - Get carbon intensity for today
• get_intensity_by_date - Get carbon intensity for specific date
• get_intensity_by_date_period - Get carbon intensity for specific date and period
• get_intensity_by_datetime - Get carbon intensity for specific datetime
• get_intensity_forward_24h - Get 24h forward forecast
• get_intensity_forward_48h - Get 48h forward forecast
• get_intensity_past_24h - Get past 24h data
• get_intensity_range - Get data for date range (max 14 days)

Statistics

• get_intensity_statistics - Get statistics for date range (max 30 days)
• get_intensity_statistics_blocks - Get block average statistics

Generation Mix

• get_current_generation_mix - Get current fuel mix
• get_generation_mix_past_24h - Get past 24h generation mix
• get_generation_mix_range - Get generation mix for date range

Regional Data

• get_regional_current - Get all GB regions current data
• get_regional_england - Get England data
• get_regional_scotland - Get Scotland data
• get_regional_wales - Get Wales data
• get_regional_by_postcode - Get data by UK postcode
• get_regional_by_region_id - Get data by region ID

Factors

• get_intensity_factors - Get carbon intensity factors by fuel type

API Coverage

This server provides access to the complete UK Carbon Intensity API v2.0.0:

• National Intensity: Current, historical and forecast carbon intensity
• Regional Intensity: Regional data by postcode or region ID
• Generation Mix: Fuel mix breakdown (gas, nuclear, renewables, etc.)
• Statistics: Statistical analysis of carbon intensity trends
• Factors: Carbon intensity factors by fuel type

License

CC BY 4.0 (following the source API license)