Knowing what goes into your food can be a top motivation for people who bake at home. But what goes into the electricity that most of us bake with?

Should I Bake? uses information from the National Grid Carbon Intensity API to estimate how much of Great Britain's electricity is coming from renewable sources right now and over the next few days. By baking only when renewable generation is high, at least a third of all generation, we can reduce our carbon emissions.

I worked on this project with Ed Sharp, an energy modeller and developer in a data science team, and Andy Brace, a developer interested in user centred design in technology. Seed funding was provided by the UCL BSEER Strategic Development Fund.