`electricitymaps_carbon_intensity`

Pack: electricity-maps · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/electricity-maps/mcp

Carbon intensity (gCO2/kWh) for a grid zone now — the live climate cost of a kWh drawn from the local grid. Pass a zone code (e.g. “US-CAL-CISO”, “DE”, “FR”, “GB”) or lat+lon. Example: electricitymaps_carbon_intensity({ zone: “DE”, _apiKey: “your-key” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`zone`	string	no
`lat`	number	no	Latitude (use with lon instead of zone)
`lon`	number	no	Longitude (use with lat instead of zone)
`_apiKey`	string	yes	Electricity Maps API key (free trial / developer tier at electricitymaps.com)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "zone": "DE",
  "_apiKey": "your-electricity-maps-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/electricity-maps/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"electricitymaps_carbon_intensity","arguments":{"zone":"DE","_apiKey":"your-electricity-maps-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('electricitymaps_carbon_intensity', {
  "zone": "DE",
  "_apiKey": "your-electricity-maps-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "lat": 37.7749,
  "lon": -122.4194,
  "_apiKey": "your-electricity-maps-api-key"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "electricity-maps": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/electricity-maps/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

electricitymaps_carbon_intensity