Get-ElectricityMapsBestAzureRegion.md

Get-ElectricityMapsBestAzureRegion

SYNOPSIS

Get the best Azure region from a provided list of regions based on ElectricityMaps emissions data.

SYNTAX

Get-ElectricityMapsBestAzureRegion [-Regions] <String[]> [-AuthToken] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Retrieves the best Azure region from a provided list of regions based on ElectricityMaps emissions data.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-ElectricityMapsBestAzureRegion -Regions @("westeurope", "northeurope", "eastus") -AuthToken $token

EXAMPLE 2

"westeurope", "northeurope", "eastus" | Get-ElectricityMapsBestAzureRegion -AuthToken $token

PARAMETERS

-Regions

The list of Azure Regions to get the ElectricityMaps value for.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AuthToken

The ElectricityMaps API token to use for authentication.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.String[]

- The Azure Regions to get the ElectricityMaps value for.

OUTPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSObject

- Timestamp: The timestamp of the ElectricityMaps data.

- CarbonIntensity: The carbon intensity of the electricity.

- CarbonIntensityUnit: The unit of measure of the carbon intensity value.

- FossilFuelPercentage: The percentage of fossil fuel used to generate electricity.

- Region: The Azure Region.

- CountryCode: The country location code from ElectricityMaps.

NOTES

You will need to register an account for an API token from https://www.co2signal.com/ to use this function.

RELATED LINKS

https://github.com/cloudyspells/PSElectricityMaps/wiki/Get-ElectricityMapsBestAzureRegion

https://docs.co2signal.com/#get-latest-by-geographic-coordinate

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.resources/get-azlocation?view=azps-6.4.0