The Anthropocene Institute is an organization located in Palo Alto, California since 2012. Their mission is to unite entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and investors to advance clean energy, technology, and climate policy.

Anthropocene Institute promotes nuclear energy as a possible option for clean energy. However, nuclear energy is a controversial solution among policymakers, energy market traders, and even the general public. Despite this, there are many benefits to nuclear energy that the public may not be aware of.

Our Balancing the Power Grid with Nuclear Power system empowers consumers to be more informed about the current state of the California energy market. Our software collects real-time data from the energy market to build interactive data elements that users view to learn more about the current state of the energy market.

The first element is an energy forecast, which provides a visual of the current price movement within the energy grid. This forecast also ties to an alert system where users sign up to receive customized messages when there are spikes in energy market prices.

Additionally, there is an appliance calculator which enables users to input information about their energy bill and household appliances. The calculator displays the true cost in energy consumption that those appliances have on the grid over time, empowering users to make informed decisions as a consumer.

The energy outlook page showcases multiple elements that display data on energy usages, prices, and carbon emissions. These visuals are interactive and downloadable into simple data formats for further individual research.

The front end of our web application is in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The back end is implemented with Python Flask and is connected to a MySQL database.