Package to support analysis of UK & NZ electricity grid carbon intensity data. Based on original Otago/gridCarbon
Inspired by:
- Staffell 2017 (UK analysis)
- Khan et al, 2018 (NZ Analysis)
- this tweet from @DrSimEvans
Started out as part of a Centre for Sustainability summer student scholarship project and has evolved into something slightly larger and more complicated :-)
Best viewed on github pages.
GB:
- https://data.nationalgrideso.com/carbon-intensity1/national-carbon-intensity-forecast
- https://data.nationalgrideso.com/carbon-intensity1/historic-generation-mix - does not include generation that is embedded (i.e. below GXP so invisible to grid)
NZ:
- https://www.emi.ea.govt.nz/Wholesale/Datasets/Metered_data/Embedded_generation/ - need to add this to...
- https://www.emi.ea.govt.nz/Wholesale/Datasets/Generation/Generation_MD/ - does not include generation that is embedded (i.e. below GXP so invisible to grid)
- https://www.emi.ea.govt.nz/Wholesale/Datasets/Metered_data/Grid_export/ - flow at GXPs
The repo is intentionally structured as an R package. To install it:
- fork it
- build it
- make a branch & do some edits
- commit & send a pull request
Re-use terms: License