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Low-carbon electricity production: who’s ahead?
The Electricity Map: http://electricitymap.tmrow.coAugust 2016 has been the hottest August ever measured by NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies. In fact, it’s also the 11th consecutive month to...
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A world map to understand low-carbon electricity consumption
The Electricity Map got more attention than we initially expected. Showing live CO2 emissions of the electricity consumed, it is now used in class rooms, lectures and in many debates online. It is...
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“You shouldn’t believe that you can be powered by wind turbines all the time”
Læs dette indlæg på Dansk hos Barry’s medium side.At Tomorrow, we want to motivate people to live a more sustainable life. In particular, we want to help the 🇩🇰 Danes become more conscious electricity...
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Why green electricity contracts fail to deliver green electricity
Depending on where you live, your electricity retailer may have offered you a contract giving you electricity that exclusively comes from renewables. Furthermore, recently many companies have made...
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Do renewables always reduce carbon emissions?
When deciding where to install a wind turbine or a solar panel, common wisdom would point us to investigate weather patterns and install wind turbines where the wind blows, and solar panels where the...
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Estimating marginal carbon intensity with machine learning
Estimating the marginal carbon intensity of electricity with machine learningHow do you know where your electricity comes from? The answer, in its simplest form, is given by the electricityMap....
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A society where electric devices consume electricity at the right time
The problem with renewable energy is its intermittency. In Ireland for example, it is not uncommon to see big variations in wind production. Those patterns are clearly visible on electricitymap.org, as...
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No, country X did NOT just run entirely on wind.
There’s a lot of misleading information about renewable energy. Take for example this news article (and there’s a lot more):Denmark just ran entirely on wind energy for a dayOn the surface it seems to...
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Europe's interconnected electricity system: an in-depth analysis
Europe’s interconnected electricity system: an in-depth analysisThe following article explores the state of the European electricity system as it was in summer 2017. Figures are based on data from...
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Marginal emissions: what they are, and when to use them
Consider those two questions:How much am I emitting by consuming electricity at a certain time?What are the emissions avoided if I decide to consume electricity at a certain time?Those questions have...
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