AI for Coding Exercise: UK Carbon Intensity Visualization

Overview

This exercise will help you practice using AI coding assistants to build a data visualization application. You'll create an interactive plot that displays carbon intensity data from the UK's national grid.

Exercise Goal

Build a python application that interactively plots regional Carbon Intensity data, from the UK Carbon Intensity API, onto a map of the UK.

API Information

Base URL: https://api.carbonintensity.org.uk/

Useful Endpoints:

• Current intensity: /intensity
• Intensity for date range: /intensity/{from}/{to}
• Regional data: /regional
• Generation mix: /generation

Documentation: https://carbon-intensity.github.io/api-definitions/

Getting Started

1. Choose your preferred programming framework, you could use libraries like:

   • requests
   • matplotlib
   • plotly
   • streamlit

2. Set up your development environment

3. Use your AI coding assistant to help you:

   • Understand the API structure
   • Write code to fetch data
   • Create visualizations
   • Debug issues
   • Add interactivity

Possible Features to Implement

• Basic: Display current carbon intensity
• Intermediate: Show intensity over time with a line chart
• Advanced: Compare regional differences, show generation mix, add forecasting

Resources

• UK Carbon Intensity API Documentation
• Carbon Intensity Website

Happy vibing