Historic GB Generation Mix
Historic GB generation mix from the 1st of Jan 2009 through to today. Data points are either MW or %.
CKAN Data API
Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.
The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.
Query example (first 5 results) |
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https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=f93d1835-75bc-43e5-84ad-12472b180a98&limit=5
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Query example (via SQL statement) |
https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "f93d1835-75bc-43e5-84ad-12472b180a98" LIMIT 5
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A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.
var data = { resource_id: 'f93d1835-75bc-43e5-84ad-12472b180a98', // the resource id limit: 5 // get 5 results }; $.ajax({ url: 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search', data: data, dataType: 'jsonp', success: function(data) { alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total) } });
A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.
import urllib2 url = 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=f93d1835-75bc-43e5-84ad-12472b180a98&limit=5' fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url) print fileobj.read()
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Table Information
DATETIME
Title | Date & Time |
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Type | timestamptz |
Description | Date and time of the historic generation mix and carbon intensity |
Comment | |
Example | 2009-09-03T05:30:00+00:00 |
Unit | ISO 8601 |
GAS
Title | GAS |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 10 |
Unit |
COAL
Title | Coal |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 10 |
Unit |
NUCLEAR
Title | Nuclear |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 42.2 |
Unit |
WIND
Title | Wind |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 2 |
Unit |
HYDRO
Title | Hydro |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 1 |
Unit |
IMPORTS
Title | Imports |
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Type | number |
Description | Interconnector Imports |
Comment | |
Example | 0 |
Unit |
BIOMASS
Title | Biomass |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 4.2 |
Unit |
OTHER
Title | Other |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by other fuel types |
Comment | |
Example | 3.1 |
Unit |
SOLAR
Title | Solar |
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Type | number |
Description | |
Comment | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Example | 15.3 |
Unit |
STORAGE
Title | Storage |
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Type | number |
Description | Amount of generation delivered by this fuel type |
Comment | |
Example | 43.2 |
Unit |
GENERATION
Title | Generation |
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Type | number |
Description | Sum of gas, coal, nuclear, wind, hydro and imports. |
Comment | |
Example | 8.2 |
Unit |
CARBON_INTENSITY
Title | CARBON INTENSITY |
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Type | number |
Description | The carbon intensity of electricity is a measure of how much Carbon dioxide emissions are produced per kilowatt hour of electricity consumed. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit |
LOW_CARBON
Title | Low Carbon |
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Type | number |
Description | Low carbon generation e.g. wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, biomass |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit |
ZERO_CARBON
Title | Zero Carbon |
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Type | number |
Description | Zero carbon generation e.g. wind, solar, hydro, nuclear |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit |
RENEWABLE
Title | RENEWABLE |
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Type | number |
Description | Renewable generation e.g Wind, Hydro, Solar |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit |
FOSSIL
Title | FOSSIL |
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Type | number |
Description | Fossil generation e.g. coal, natural gas |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit |
GAS_perc
Title | Gas percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for gas generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
COAL_perc
Title | Coal percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for coal generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
NUCLEAR_perc
Title | Nuclear percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for nuclear generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
WIND_perc
Title | Wind percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for wind generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
HYDRO_perc
Title | Hydro percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for hydro generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
IMPORTS_perc
Title | Imports percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for interconnector imports |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
BIOMASS_perc
Title | Biomass percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for biomass generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
OTHER_perc
Title | Other percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for other generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
SOLAR_perc
Title | Solar percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for solar generation. |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
STORAGE_perc
Title | Storage percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for storage |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
GENERATION_perc
Title | Generation percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for Sum of gas, coal, nuclear, wind, hydro and imports |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
LOW_CARBON_perc
Title | Low Carbon percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for low carbon generation e.g. wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, biomass |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
ZERO_CARBON_perc
Title | Zero Carbon percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for zero carbon generation e.g. wind, solar, hydro, nuclear |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
RENEWABLE_perc
Title | Renewable percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for Renewable generation e.g Wind, Hydro, Solar |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |
FOSSIL_perc
Title | Fossil percentage |
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Type | number |
Description | Fuel Type as a percentage for Fossil generation e.g. coal, natural gas |
Comment | |
Example | |
Unit | % |