Real Carbon

Real Carbon models the real-time carbon emissions intensity data at the substation level within the National Electricity Market (NEM). Updating every five minutes, this model provides detailed spatial and temporal data allowing the calculation of the emissions produced through electricity consumption at a suburb level instead of the existing state level resolution.

This supports granular carbon accounting, the identification of emissions hotspots for spatial planning purposes, enables targeted energy efficiency strategies, and optimizes demand response programs, all of which support Australia’s renewable energy transition and emissions reduction efforts.