All data sources used in Commit Carbon with licensing information.
- Source: International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook
- URL: https://iea.org
- Coverage: Global, country level
- Granularity: Annual averages
- License: Free with attribution to IEA
- Update frequency: Annual
- Used in: Default grid adapter, bundled with CLI
- Source: US Environmental Protection Agency, eGRID 2022
- URL: https://epa.gov/egrid
- Coverage: US subnational (eGRID subregions, mapped to states)
- Granularity: Annual averages
- License: Public domain (US government work)
- Update frequency: Annual
- Used in: US subnational grid adapter, bundled with CLI
- Source: Electricity Maps
- URL: https://electricitymaps.com
- Coverage: Global, zone level
- Granularity: Hourly, real-time
- License: Commercial (free tier available)
- API key: Required for access
- Used in: Optional real-time grid adapter
- Source: WattTime
- URL: https://watttime.org
- Coverage: Global
- Granularity: Real-time marginal emissions
- License: Commercial
- API key: Required for access
- Used in: Optional real-time grid adapter
- Paper: "Power Hungry Processing: Watts Driving the Cost of AI Deployment"
- How used: Primary source for inference energy estimates per token
- License: Academic publication (cited, not reproduced)
- Paper: "Carbon Emissions and Large Neural Network Training"
- How used: Methodological reference for carbon accounting approaches
- License: arXiv preprint (cited, not reproduced)
- Source: US EPA
- URL: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
- How used: Converting kg CO2e to human readable equivalents (miles driven, smartphone charges)
- License: Public domain (US government work)
- Value: 475 gCO2e/kWh
- Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2024
- Used when: No regional grid data available