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

NameTypeRequiredDescription
zonestringno
latnumbernoLatitude (use with lon instead of zone)
lonnumbernoLongitude (use with lat instead of zone)
_apiKeystringyesElectricity Maps API key (free trial / developer tier at electricitymaps.com)

Example call

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":{}}}'

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.

Regenerated from source · build July 8, 2026