# Data Sources

The data behind GridCO2.

## Carbon intensity factors

[IPCC 2006](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R2066)

[IPCC AR5](https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ipcc_wg3_ar5_annex-iii.pdf)

## Demand

[Elexon BMRS](https://www.elexon.co.uk/bsc/data/balancing-mechanism-reporting-agent/copyright-licence-bmrs-data/)
Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026.

[ENTSO-E](https://transparency.entsoe.eu/)

## Electricity grid

[OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

## Generators

[OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

[Global Energy Monitor](https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-power-plant-tracker/)
Global Power Plant Tracker data © Global Energy Monitor, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

## Map

[Protomaps](https://github.com/protomaps/basemaps)

[OpenStreetMap](https://openstreetmap.org)
© OpenStreetMap contributors.

## Weather

[NOAA GFS](https://dynamical.org/catalog/noaa-gfs-forecast/)
NOAA NWS NCEP GFS data processed by dynamical.org from NOAA Open Data Dissemination archives. CC BY 4.0.

[ECMWF IFS ENS](https://dynamical.org/catalog/ecmwf-ifs-ens-forecast-15-day-0-25-degree/)
ECMWF IFS ENS forecast data processed by dynamical.org from ECMWF Open Data. CC BY 4.0.