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Elexon BMRS Insights MCP — Great Britain electricity grid & market data.

3 tools
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Tools

generation_by_fuel

Great Britain half-hourly electricity generation by fuel type (Elexon BMRS FUELHH dataset). Returns MW generated per fuel (CCGT/gas, COAL, NUCLEAR, WIND, BIOMASS, NPSHYD hydro, PS pumped-storage, OCGT

No parameters required.

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system_demand

Great Britain electricity system demand outturn (Elexon BMRS ITSDO — Initial Transmission System Demand Outturn) over a datetime window. Returns demand in MW per half-hourly settlement period. Keyless

No parameters required.

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query_dataset

Generic escape hatch for any Elexon BMRS Insights dataset (e.g. MID market index/day-ahead prices, DGWS actual wind/solar generation, FUELHH generation by fuel). Pass a dataset code and a datetime win

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/elexon/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/elexon/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"generation_by_fuel","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("generation_by_fuel", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("elexon bmrs insights mcp — great britain electricity grid & market data");