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The following fields are available in each CSV downloaded from the data portal in time aggregations of hourly, daily, monthly or yearly:
Datetime (UTC), Country, Zone Name, Zone Id, Carbon Intensity gCO₂eq/kWh (direct), Carbon Intensity gCO₂eq/kWh (life cycle assessment), Low Carbon Percentage, Renewable Percentage, Data Source, Data Estimated, Data Estimation Method.
This data is suitable for carbon accounting. Our direct emission factors comply with the specifications of the Scope 2 Guidance of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and can be thus used for Scope 2 carbon accounting.
The power mix is not constant and instead varies throughout the day, months and years. With the increased adoption for renewables such as wind and solar, it is important to reflect the temporal fluctuations of these technologies. By doing carbon accounting based on an average of a full year or even over a month, the different types of electricity sources (and thereby carbon intensity data) will not be taken into account. For instance, by using annual data, the diurnal production profiles of solar are completely ignored.
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The data is published under the Open Data Commons Open Database license (ODbL). The the database, composed of all the datasets, can be shared, used, and or adapted for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you follow the Attribution and Share Alike terms.
We strive to provide free and open data for as many countries as possible. The data portal currently includes a subset of zones available on our app that meet our standards for data completeness and quality. Our data collection is open source; if your country is missing, you can help us out by contributing to our Github repository.
A good place to start learning about our methodology is to look through our Methodology Page or our GitHub wiki. You can also take a look at our blog posts.
Yes, with the Electricity Maps API you can access a broad range of data. Learn more about all the data we offer on our Product Features Page.
Electricity Maps customers have access to historical, real time and forecasted data. To learn more about becoming an Electricity Maps customer, contact us.