We’re proud to have contributed to the release of the “Decarbonising the Use-phase of Connected Devices” (DUCD) report, a framework designed to guide the electronics industry to assess and reduce carbon emissions during the use-phase of devices.🔌 The DUCD is led by Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics and Sky working together with The Carbon Trust and selected consultation partners such as Electricity Maps, the Green Software Foundation and EnergyTag — to drive sustainability in connected devices. Some takeaways from the report: ✅ Accurately reflected usage patterns: A comprehensive approach going beyond lifetime use estimates is necessary for understanding the full environmental impact of an electronic product. ✅ Regional and temporal relevance: Emissions assessments must account for local electricity carbon intensity, which varies significantly by region and time of use. ✅ Data quality, verifiability & standardization: Transparent, accurate, and verified data are essential for reliable emissions calculations. The report also points to the importance of standardized methodologies and compliance with existing standards such as the GHG protocol. This highlights the need for flow-traced and granular emissions data to enable companies to accurately calculate and optimize their products’ use-phase emissions — a crucial step to improve the environmental footprint of the electronics industry. 📄 Dive into the full report here: https://lnkd.in/deqpiCyM #Decarbonization #GHGProtocol #RenewableEnergy #Greentech
Electricity Maps
Software Development
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark 15,189 followers
Mapping the climate impact of electricity, worldwide, and in real-time.
About us
Electricity Maps is an API platform providing real-time and predictive electricity signals allowing any device to reduce their cost and emissions by informing them about the best time to consume electricity. We offer the most extensive data on the world’s electricity - covering more than 230 regions and 100+ countries worldwide. Check it out in our free app that is trusted by millions each year to understand global electricity grids and their varying CO₂ emissions: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map
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- Software Development
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
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Electricity Maps API
Sustainability Software
Electricity Maps provides companies with actionable data quantifying the carbon intensity and origin of electricity. This data is available on an hourly basis in more than 230 regions and 100+ countries worldwide. The data we offer can help you and your users understand and reduce the carbon footprint of electricity usage. The data can be accessed historically, in real-time, or as a forecast for the next 24 hours. You can also explore the real-time data in our free app. With Electricity Maps’ API, it is possible to measure and reduce your electricity footprint, as well as create new product offerings that enable your customers to do the same. Our clients use our API in numerous innovative and inspiring ways. They use our data to reduce the carbon footprint of data centers, schedule energy-intensive software updates at lower-carbon times, optimize EV charging, empower users of smart home solutions, create new tools to help users quantify their carbon footprint, and many more.
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Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark 2300, DK
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What an impact in only 9 months, organizing off-sites, revamping onboarding journeys, finetuning operations and much more. You rock!
Studying MSc in Strategy, Organisation and Leadership - Copenhagen Business School
Time flies when you have fun, and what a pleasure it has been being a part of Electricity Maps so far - can’t believe it’s been nine months! I already have a long list of great experiences and memories, and I’m super excited to make that list even longer ⚡️ When I first started working at Electricity Maps, I was really humbled by all the extremely smart people who makes up this amazing company. But thanks to the team’s warm welcome I quickly felt like a part of the project - and as one of the smart people! My first task was to set up and implement Teamtailor, which has proved to play a central role in managing our hiring process. In addition to optimizing our hiring infrastructure, I have also been supporting the creation of other scalable people processes for our growing organization. I still have a lot to learn and I’m certainly in the right place. Already from the beginning, Josee Meiners, my mentor, gave me a lot of freedom to solve tasks in my own way and with little to no intervention. We meet once a week to check in on all our operational tasks and discuss where we did well and where we f-🤥🔪👎-ed up. Being able to talk freely about my mistakes make them so much more valuable. I can really feel how trust is a cornerstone of working at Electricity Maps; trust that we all do our best to do what’s best 🔋
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Electricity Maps was featured on a recent episode of the Heatmap News SHIFT KEY Podcast with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins 🎙 In their discussion on hydrogen electrolysis in New York, they turned to our app as a trusted source to see just how green New York's electricity grid really is. 🔍 Curious to dig into the details yourself? Dive into the data in our app: https://lnkd.in/dCDG-dJp Link to the episode in the comments below 👇
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This is why hourly data matters 🌍 EnergyTag’s insightful analysis highlights why real-time electricity data is key to driving grid #decarbonization. Dive in to understand how our global hourly data can provide the insights needed to understand clean energy fluctuations and decarbonization efforts around the world.
Time is everything. This heatmap (based on free Electricity Maps data https://lnkd.in/erq6ZeFP) shows hourly clean electricity availability varies in 147 zones across 55 countries. We see how wind and solar (in particular) are leaving their mark. We see where the laggards and leaders of decarbonization lie. But, even in places with lots of wind or solar, fossil reliance persists for many hours, calling demand/supply-side flexibility and clean-firm options into focus. Yet, annual averages for carbon intensity and clean energy penetration continue to be the norm for analysis, conversation, and carbon accounting of grid decarbonization. This leaves us blind to the real challenges ahead, misguiding operational and investment decisions. Time for change. Too much happens in a year. Hour-by-hour, grid-by-grid, is where the decarbonisation battle is fought. Much more detail in this fantastic blog by Farida Shawky👉 https://lnkd.in/eXx_K4CZ
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Hitting the ground running 🏃➡️ , Filip! Great to have you on board!
One month in at Electricity Maps⚡already! Being a Machine Learning Engineer here has been intense, challenging, and genuinely exciting. There's something deeply motivating about writing code that directly contributes to fighting climate change. I'm really impressed with the honesty and clear communication here. The team is fully committed to our climate mission, while maintaining an environment where sharing ideas and supporting each other comes naturally. It's all about focused work and genuine curiosity to solve complex problems together! To my colleagues who've made this transition to a new workplace but also a new home in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 smoother than I expected: thank you, especially to my closest workmates Pierre Segonne, Íngrid Munné Collado, Marcus Garsdal, Robin TROESCH, Florian Scheidl, Mathias Giovanni Møller and special thanks to my on-boarding buddy Alexandru Mihai Portan. Your warmth and support have been invaluable 🫶🏽. Looking forward to what we'll build together!
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The Importance of Interconnectors in the Pacific Northwest's (PNW) Grid 🔌 Electricity grids in the PNW depend heavily on electricity interconnectors, when accounted for using flowtracing, significantly affect emissions from electricity consumption. Let's examine the numbers: PacifiCorp West: Emissions decrease from 372g to 180g CO₂e/kWh, with 60% of electricity imported from Bonneville Power Administration Seattle City Light: Emissions increase from 24g to 76g CO₂e/kWh, with 50% of electricity imported from the Bonneville Power Administration Seattle City Light's energy production is 100% hydroelectric and is supplemented by imported electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy. PacifiCorp West produces electricity through a mix of solar, gas, wind, and hydroelectric power, and regularly imports 50% of their electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration. The video demonstrates the difference between electricity production and the electricity mix including imports and exports. In short, power exchanges across the PNW grid balance electricity supply and demand. #renewables
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Curious about how we’re working with SmartThings to bring carbon intelligence to millions of smart homes? 🌍🏡 Check out the live Partner Q&A in the post below! 👇
Hey Electricity Maps! Thank you for joining us for a Q&A today. We’re excited to discuss SmartThings Energy, Carbon Intensity Data and more with you. For those who are new to your brand, what is Electricity Maps?
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So great to have you onboard, Sebastian!
🚀 Halfway Through My Internship at Electricity Maps! 🌍⚡ Time has flown by, and I'm now halfway through my internship with Electricity Maps! So far, I’ve gotten deep into Infrastructure as Code, managing Google Cloud resources, and navigating the quirks of Terraform (like the infamous lock file issue that just won't let go if you interrupt it!). Here are some insights from the journey so far: 🔹 Documentation really is king! Writing clear guides on troubleshooting has saved the team (and future me) countless hours. 🔹 Even “small” tasks, like fine-tuning storage bucket settings, have a big impact. 🔹 Sometimes the biggest hurdles are small details — like those Terraform labels that kept reappearing in terraform plan no matter what! Big thanks to James Dietrich, Olivier Corradi, Josee Meiners and the whole team at Electricity Maps for the trust and support. Looking forward to making the most of the second half! #Internship #InfrastructureAsCode #ElectricityMaps
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Are you thinking about using marginal emissions factors for scope 2 accounting? The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)’s existing Scope 2 Guidance is clear: “companies shall not use marginal emission factors” for Scope 2 accounting. Read our new blog post to understand why, as Olivier Corradi breaks down the “impact accounting” approach and the issues that arise when using it for corporate emissions reporting. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dJZsqW4r
Why marginal emission factors are unsuitable for scope 2 accounting
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🌬️ Europe’s interconnected grid: Grid resilience when wind production drops. West Denmark, with significant wind power capacity, relies on its interconnected grid system during periods of low wind production. Our data analysis shows how the regional power system responds to these fluctuations. Key observations: - During low wind periods, West Denmark imports electricity through its interconnectors with net exchange topping 2GW - Power flows from Sweden, Norway, Great Britain, and the Netherlands to supplement local production - The data shows carbon intensity rising from 45g CO₂eq/kWh to 255g CO₂eq/kWh, while electricity prices increased from 31.47 €/MWh to 144.91 €/MWh over the 24 hour period. This case illustrates the relationship between grid interconnection and renewable energy integration, highlighting both opportunities and challenges in power system operation. How does your country manage variable renewable energy production? #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #WindPower
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