# Elexon BMRS GB Generation Scraper (`parseforge/elexon-bmrs-generation-scraper`) Actor

Pull GB actual electricity generation per fuel type from the Elexon BMRS Insights API. Get psrType, quantity in MW, settlement period, and start time for wind, solar, nuclear, gas, and more. Output to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML for grid and energy analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/elexon-bmrs-generation-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.7% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.63 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## ⚡ Elexon BMRS GB Generation Scraper

> 🚀 **Export Great Britain's live power mix in seconds.** Pull actual electricity generation per fuel type straight from the official Elexon BMRS Insights API, with no key and no login.

Turn the Elexon BMRS Insights feed into clean, structured records you can drop into a dashboard, a model, or a warehouse. Pick a UTC time window and get one row per fuel type per 30 minute settlement period, showing exactly how many megawatts each source put onto the GB grid.

Coverage is the GB transmission system actual generation outturn (dataset AGPT) as Elexon publishes it: biomass, fossil gas, coal and oil, nuclear, hydro, pumped storage, solar, and both onshore and offshore wind, each tagged with its business type and settlement period.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Energy analysts and traders | Track the GB fuel mix period by period |
| Grid and renewables researchers | Measure wind and solar contribution |
| Data scientists and modellers | Feed generation series into forecasts |
| Sustainability and ESG teams | Report on low carbon generation share |

### 📋 What the Elexon BMRS GB Generation Scraper does

This Actor calls the public Elexon BMRS Insights API and flattens the nested response into one clean record per fuel type per settlement period:

- **Fuel breakdown** — psrType such as Wind Offshore, Wind Onshore, Solar, Nuclear, Biomass, Fossil Gas, and more.
- **Output level** — quantity in megawatts for each fuel in each 30 minute period.
- **Time context** — settlement period number and the UTC start time of that period.
- **Category** — the business type Elexon assigns, like Production, Wind generation, or Solar generation.

You choose the UTC time window and how many records come back, and every record carries a `scrapedAt` timestamp.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `businessType`, `psrType`, `quantityMw`, `scrapedAt`, `settlementPeriod`, `startTime`. All 6 field names come from a real production run, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

### 🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account using [this sign-up link](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).
2. Open the Elexon BMRS GB Generation Scraper.
3. Set `from` and `to` to the UTC window you want.
4. Set `maxItems` to the number of records you want.
5. Click **Start** and grab your results when the run finishes.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

- [Have I Been Pwned Breaches Catalog Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge)
- [Bank of England IADB Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge)
- More data and reference Actors in the [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge)

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge).

> **⚠️ Disclaimer:** independent tool, not affiliated with Elexon or BMRS. Only publicly available data is collected.

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `from` (type: `string`):

Start of the time window in UTC ISO 8601, for example 2026-06-06T00:00Z. The Elexon BMRS API returns settlement periods that fall within this window.

## `to` (type: `string`):

End of the time window in UTC ISO 8601, for example 2026-06-06T03:00Z. Keep windows reasonable; very long windows return many settlement periods.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

How many data points to collect per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "from": "2026-06-06T00:00Z",
  "to": "2026-06-06T03:00Z",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "from": "2026-06-06T00:00Z",
    "to": "2026-06-06T03:00Z",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/elexon-bmrs-generation-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "from": "2026-06-06T00:00Z",
    "to": "2026-06-06T03:00Z",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/elexon-bmrs-generation-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "from": "2026-06-06T00:00Z",
  "to": "2026-06-06T03:00Z",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/elexon-bmrs-generation-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/elexon-bmrs-generation-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/gOFg05g8APk7a5Ao1/builds/hdcZTX1QeWZWUfG1z/openapi.json