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How frequently does this live data update? It is showing "estimated" data for e.g. the UK from 0800, and it is now 1020 so it is over 2 two hours old? Compari
by mattlondon 5y ago
How frequently does this live data update? It is showing "estimated" data for e.g. the UK from 0800, and it is now 1020 so it is over 2 two hours old?
Comparing the data from https://gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ https://gridwatch.templar.co.uk/, there seems to be some real discrepancies, e.g.
- Solar: 4.23% vs 13.81%
- Wind: 18.8% vs 8.5%
- Gas: 37.1% vs 41.24%
I am not sure who I would trust more - I guess if the data from electricity map is an estimate that is close to 2.5 hours out of date, that might explain some of it.
Cool UI though
- ohgodplsno 5y agoHint: if it's just two hours late, you can come back in two hours. The numbers remain true in terms of carbon intensity.
- jka 5y agoThe parsers[1] that ElectricityMap uses are open source and use a variety of different data sources. Here are the technical requirements for each data source: https://github.com/electricityMap/electricitymap-contrib/wiki/Technical-requirements-for-parser-data https://github.com/electricityMap/electricitymap-contrib/wik... (to answer your question, the list mentions that a data source is required to be: "Updated in real-time with less than 2 hours of delay." ... "Can have a longer delay, but then the country won’t be colored on the map") [1] - https://github.com/electricitymap/electricitymap-contrib/tree/a053de7ee83061d4c4aa4d61dff72b187898372f/parsers https://github.com/electricitymap/electricitymap-contrib/tre...