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Carbon AppInsights

Log ElectricityMaps Emissions data for Azure regions to AppInsights

This is a simple Azure Function App that logs the emissions data for Azure regions to AppInsights. From Application Insights and the configured Log Analytics workspace, you can create dashboards and alert rules to use in scaling operations and feature flags.

The function is triggered by a timer every 20 minutes. The function will log a metric {region}CarbonIntensity for each region in the configured list of regions. The metric value is the carbon intensity in grams of CO2 per kWh.

Sample use cases can be found in the carbon-appinsights-samples repository.

Example AppInsights Dashboard

Usage

This function is designed to be deployed to Azure as a Function App with the included GitHub Workflow using bicep. See the local guide for instructions your local workstation. To deploy the function, you will need fork this repository and create a new GitHub repository secret named AZURE_CREDENTIALS with the value of the output from the following command:

az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "CarbonAppInsights" --sdk-auth --role contributor --scopes /subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>

You will also need a secret named AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID with the value of your Azure subscription ID.

You will need to register for an API token at ElectricityMaps and add it as a secret named EMTOKEN to your repository.

Then run the deployment workflow by running the Deploy Bicep code workflow configured in your forked repository from the file .github/workflows/deploy-bicep.yml.

Configuration

To configure your own deployment, you will need to edit the src/bicep/main.parameters.json with your own desired configuration.

Parameters

Name Type Default Description
projectName string carbon-appinsights The name of the project. Used in naming resources
environment string dev The name of the environment. Used in naming resources
location string westeurope The Azure region to deploy the resources to
emToken securestring null The ElectricityMaps API token. Should be specified in cmdline with env var
emissionRegions string "westeurope","norwayeast","northeurope" The list of regions to log emissions data for

Deployed resources

The following resources are deployed by the bicep template:

Type Description
KeyVault A KeyVault to store the ElectricityMaps API key
FunctionApp An Azure Function App to run the PowerShell function
ApplicationInsights An Application Insights instance to log the emissions data
LogAnalyticsWorkspace A Log Analytics workspace to store the emissions data
StorageAccount A Storage Account to store the Function App code
AppServicePlan An App Service Plan to host the Function App

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