A large dunkelflaute hits Europe! As dark settled in at 5pm yesterday, both wind and solar generation flatlined across the region. Energy prices in Denmark and Germany surged to €936/MWh as utilities scrambled to meet peak demand with limited renewable output. A stark reminder

Does anyone know of publicly available short-term interconnector forecasts in the US, similarly to how ENTSO-E publishes scheduled commercial exchanges?

We've added exports and storage to the Electricity Maps graphs 🎉 Over the last couple of days, roughly 10% of Germany's available electricity was stored used pumped hydro. This happened a bit after midnight, when consumption was low.

New countries are popping up every day on Electricity Maps, as we've developed new models that extrapolate monthly and yearly data into hourly data, using load data, real-time weather data and much more. Is there a country you'd like to see on our platform soon? Let us know!

Have you spotted the new zones on the app yet? 🌍👀 Thanks to our newest models, we have now added even more countries to #ElectricityMaps! And we're just getting started — get ready to explore more zones soon: bit.ly/4gIgHe8 Let us know which country you want to see

Marginal for real-time decisions and average for accounting? Julien Lavalley illustrates some of these insights of a recent paper in our newest blog post: electricitymaps.com/blog/optimizin…

Wind is picking up in Great Britain

Now that 2024 is over, we can start looking at trends in Electricity Maps. Two important observations for Germany: - didn't have any nuclear power production in 2024 - reduced its carbon intensity from 371 to 333g CO2e/kWh Play around with the data here: app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE/all#ca…

Let's make ai less carbon intensive 🌏

Great (and scary) visualization of 2024 daily temperatures compared to prior years by the BBC today. Evocative of the iconic Joy Division album cover from 1979: bbc.com/news/articles/…

#colours 😍

🌎 We’re moving fast toward global coverage: Electricity Maps has just added over 110 new countries to the platform. With greater coverage, we are equipping key drivers of change to reduce emissions and advance sustainability efforts — no matter where they operate. Learn more:

Our 2024 datasets are here! 📂🌎 As part of our ongoing commitment to decarbonizing the electricity grid, we released our free historical datasets — enabling companies around the globe to adopt more granular carbon accounting practices. Get the datasets:

My annual decarbonization presentation is here. 200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. Link in reply

India's solar generation is surging in 2025☀️ It's currently meeting almost 10% of total daily electricity generation... robbieandrew.github.io/india/

🚨 Grid alert - Major power outage in Spain and Portugal (Spanish version below) The Iberian network was automatically disconnected from the European grid at 12:38 PM CET, leaving millions without power. This major power blackout hit Spain and Portugal, also affecting Andorra

In April, 10% of monthly global electricity came from solar for the first time🌞

Latest from the Electricity Maps blog: does the marginal power plant really exist? Read more below 👇 electricitymaps.com/content/from-p…