A harmonised, high-coverage, open dataset of solar photovoltaic installations in the UK
Publisher: Scientific Data (journal)
Period: 01/09/2020 - Ongoing
Rights: CC-BY
Open geographic data for over 260,000 solar PV installations across the UK, covering an estimated 86% of the capacity in the country, arising from a major crowd-sourcing campaign. The data set focuses in particular on capturing small-scale domestic solar PV, which accounts for a significant fraction of generation but has been poorly documented. Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13050869
The relationships between UK Environmental Accounts measures and those of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). These data are part of the environmental accounts data set. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datalist?filter=datasets
Atmospheric emissions: greenhouse gases by industry and gas
Publisher: Office for National Statistics
Period: 01/01/1990 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
The emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydro-fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and total greenhouse gas emissions, by industry (SIC 2007 group - around 130 categories), UK. These data are part of the environmental accounts data set. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datalist?filter=datasets
BP (1952-2022) and then Energy Insitutute (2023-) Statistical Review of World Energy
Publisher: BP Global
Period: 01/01/1952 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
The BP Statistical Review of World Energy is published annually. The Statistical Review is one of the most widely respected publications in the field of energy economics and has been published since 1952.<p> From 2023 it has moved to be provided by the Energy Institute.</p> <a href="https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html ">Legacy link</a> <p> Resource includes outlook forecasts, an energy charting tool and app, country and regional insights, webcasts, on-demand video and downloadable content, a review of the previous year and for each energy area, a review of reserves, production, consumption, trade and prices.</p>
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is a national facility for looking after and distributing data concerning the marine environment. The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is a national facility for looking after and distributing data concerning the marine environment. It is part of the UKs National Oceanography Centre.
Publisher: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Period: 01/01/1985 - Ongoing
Rights: Licensed data (non-commercial use only)
The CEDA Archive forms part of NERCs Environmental Data Service (EDS) and is responsible for looking after data from atmospheric and earth observation research. It hosts over 18 Petabytes of data from climate models, satellites, aircraft, met observations, and other sources.
The population censuses are a vital resource for social scientific research and policy development, providing a snapshot of demographic and social life in the UK. They are collected by three census agencies. Census support gives access to:
2011 Census - aggregate data, boundary data, flow data and microdata
2001 Census - aggregate data, boundary data, flow data andmicrodata
1991 Census - aggregate data, boundary data, flow data and microdata
1981 Census - aggregate data, boundary data and flow data
1971 Census - aggregate data, boundary data
Also has a link to other census tools for investigating other longitudinal, historical or secure versions of data. The next Census is due in 2021.Data types held include
aggregate data
flow data
microdata
boundary data
Also holds data related to the census, such as Experian data anddeprivation data.
Climate Watch provides open climate data, visualizations and resources on national and global progress on climate change. This free platform enables users to create and share custom data visualizations and comparisons of national climate commitments. Citation of the Climate Watch platform and data: Climate Watch. 2020. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. </br>Most data carry a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license unless noted otherwise.
Climate data explorer, provides free access to climate related data and visualization tools. Climate Watch, a new online climate data platform aimed at policymakers, researchers, media and other stakeholders. Climate Watch holds climate data, visualizations and resources on national and global progress on climate change.
A set of maps, graphs and other figures showing countries power consumptions, population densities, and areas, and comparing power consumptions per unit area with the power production per unit area of various renewables. Created Sir David John Cameron MacKay, FRS, FInstP, FICE, Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. From 2009 to 2014 he was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Author of the book Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot AirVarious versions of each map, chart or figure are available depending on the intended use, such as higher resolution for printing and as sequences for presentations.
DUKES is an extensive collections of tables, charts and commentary with separate sections on coal, petroleum, gas, electricity, renewables and combined heat and power, providing a comprehensive picture of energy production and use over the last five years, with key series taken back to 1970. 2013 to date are online here, while older data is available at the National Archive. NB There is a pdf containing an useful index to the archived data. This is a series of PDF files, also available as printed booklets. The tables can be downloaded to Excel.
Publisher: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Period: 01/01/1980 - Ongoing
Rights: Open access via registration account
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information. The International Energy Statistics provides an overview with visualizations for different energy sources, an interactive graphical tool, and various analyses at country and topic level.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is committed to enhancing the value of its free and open data by making it available through an Application Programming Interface (API) and open data tools to better serve our customers. The data in the API is also available in bulk file, in Excel via the add-in, and via widgets that embed interactive data visualizations of EIA data on any website. By making EIA data available in machine-readable formats, the creativity in the private, the non-profit, and the public sectors can be harnessed to find new ways to innovate and create value-added services powered by public data. https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
Annual update to tables on emissions of important air pollutants in the UK: sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, ammonia and particulate matter. The estimation methodology is regularly developed to take account of new emission factors and modelling methods. This means the whole time series is revised annually. The figures given in this document and the supporting dataset show the revised estimates.
An annual update of data on concentrations of major air pollutants in the UK. This data set contains data on the concentrations of major air pollutants as measured by the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN). Data formats various - CSV and open document ODS.
Publisher: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Period: 01/01/1990 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) collects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) data from large emitting facilities, suppliers of fossil fuels and industrial gases that result in GHG emissions when used, and facilities that inject carbon dioxide underground. Datasets available include high level summaries (maps, charts etc), an interactive tool for facility-level access, multi-year data summary spreadsheets and searchable, downloadable facility-level datasets by 32 industry types. The data is not confined to CO2 There are other datasets available on the site from the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) and the U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The Inventory goes back to 1990, but is not mappable to location as it works on aggregate national figures. The GHGRP is a more recent program, developed in response to Congressional mandate from 2008, so there are fewer years of data available. It works on reports from facilities, so can be mapped by location. Annual GHG data for covered facilities in 29 industry types is available starting in 2010. Annual GHG data for covered facilities in an additional 12 industry types is available starting in 2011.
European economic statistics - includes climate and energy (total energy, electricity generation, energy intensity). Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions. The website has available downloadable statistics, population census information for 2011, web services, microdata, GIS, metadata definitions, SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange), and data validation information. Datasets are in tab separated values and sdmz format. Downloads can be automated. All information is updated twice a day.Eurostats main role is to process and publish comparable statistical information at European level. Eurostat does not collect data. This is done in Member States by their statistical authorities. They verify and analyse national data and send them to Eurostat. Eurostats role is to consolidate the data and ensure they are comparable, using harmonized methodology. The European Statistical System (ESS) is the partnership between the Community statistical authority, which is the Commission (Eurostat), and the national statistical institutes (NSIs) and other national authorities responsible in each Member State for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics. This Partnership also includes the EEA and EFTA countries. Member States collect data and compile statistics for national and EU purposes. The ESS functions as a network in which Eurostats role is to lead the way in the harmonization of statistics in close cooperation with the national statistical authorities. ESS work concentrates mainly on EU policy areas - but, with the extension of EU policies, harmonization has been extended to nearly all statistical fields. The ESS also coordinates its work with candidate countries and at European level with other Commission services, agencies and the ECB and international organisations such as OECD, the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Energy Consumption in the United Kingdom (ECUK) is an annual statistical publication that provides a comprehensive review of energy consumption and changes in efficiency, intensity and output since the 1970s, with particular focus on trends since 2000. ECUK is split into five chapters: (1) Overall energy consumption in the UK; (2) Transport sector energy consumption; (3) Domestic sector energy consumption; (4) Industrial sector energy consumption; (5)Services sector energy consumption. Each chapter contains an Excel workbook and a factsheet summarising key trends and information within that sector. ECUK is split into five chapters:
Chapter 1: Overall energy consumption in the UK
Chapter 2: Transport sector energy consumption
Chapter 3: Domestic sector energy consumption
Chapter 4: Industrial sector energy consumption
Chapter 5: Services sector energy consumption
Each chapter contains an Excel workbook and a factsheet summarising key trends and information within that sector.
Environment and Countryside statistics from the Welsh Government
Publisher: Welsh Government
Period: 01/01/1990 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Statistics from the Welsh Government on air quality, energy, flooding, fly-tipping, greenhouse gases, land, state of the environment and waste management. Releases of official statistics and research on Wales are found at https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research
Annual, quarterly and monthly feed-in tariff statistics. Solar photovoltaic deployment and costs. Load factors. The feed-in-tariff is a payment made to some renewable energy generators. Although the feed-in-tariff stopped accepting new applications from 31st March 2019, the solar photovoltaic and other data and analysis are more recent.
Final UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics
Publisher: UK Government
Period: 01/01/1990 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Final estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions going back to 1990. These statistics are used to monitor progress against the UK's emissions reductions targets and take into account the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Estimates are presented by source in February each year, then updated in March each year to include estimates by end-user and fuel type, and in June to include estimates by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).
Global energy transition statistics: production, consumption and trade of oil, gas, coal, power and renewables; CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. Data browsing, interactive map and visualisations.
Global wind speed data for onshore and offshore, up to 200km from the coast. 250m grid wind speeds at 10, 50, 100, 150 and 200m above ground or sea level. Energy yield tool available.
Impact is a parish-level carbon emission estimator which tells you how people in the parish travel and heat their homes, and other activities in the area that contribute to the local carbon emissions total. It shows territorial and consumption based emissions calculations. Graphical data charts and csv download are available.
This interactive map shows CO2 totals by local authority from the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. For Northern Ireland only:This is Crown Copyright and reproduced with the permission of Land & Property Services under delegated authority from the Controller of Her Majestys Stationary Office Crown Copyright and database right 2021 INSP594.Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) branded Land & Property Services (LPS) mapping (or any mapping based on, or derived from OSNI branded mapping) is exempt from the terms of the OGL.If you intend to use or re-use this information you need to email to copyright@dfpni.gov.uk for an appropriate licence.
World energy data and statistics which can be explored by category, indicator, country or region. Most downloads are Excel or PDF. Topics include Coal, CO2 emissions, Electricity, Energy balances, Energy efficiency, Natural gas, Oil, Prices and taxes, RD&D and Renewables. Visualizations include Energy balance flows, energy indicators, European gas trade flows and key world energy statistics. There is a lot of analysis and synthesis provided.
MAGIC - geographic information about the natural environment
Publisher: UK Government
Period: 01/01/2002 - Ongoing
Rights: Mixed access rights
The MAGIC website provides geographic information about the natural environment from across government. The information covers rural, urban, coastal and marine environments across Great Britain. It is presented in an interactive map which can be explored using various mapping tools that are included. Datasets in MAGIC have licences depending on their origin. The map images are provided by Ordnance Survey and subject to Crown Copyright. Further information about copyright is found on the MAGIC site under About, Legal Documentation, Copyright information. Further information about dataset licences is found on the Dataset and Download Listings page (a link in the Copyright information page).
Researchers at the Met Office Hadley Centre produce and maintain a range of gridded datasets of meteorological variables for use in climate monitoring and climate research. Including datasets that started in the 1830s onwards. This site provides access to these datasets or, in some cases, links to other places from where where they can be obtained. Each data set is provided under specific license terms please check the terms and conditions for each data set before you use it. <p>Please note that this is not an operational service. This site is run by research staff with the primary aim of improving collaboration with fellow researchers. Everyone is welcome to use the site, and we aim to make it reliable, but it does not have the same level of support as the main Met Office website.</p> Please consider the use of these data resources in your work, if appropriate.</p>
A sample of 49,815 records selected to be representative of the housing stock (based on Region, property age, property type and floor area band) representative of the national NEED data set (over 27 million records) of energy use and energy efficiency in domestic and non-domestic buildings in Great Britain. A sample dataset of 49,815 anonymised records selected to be representative of the housing stock (based on region, property age, property type and floor area band) representing a subset of the much larger NEED (address level) database. A larger sample of 4 million records (4,086,448) is available from the UK Data Archive via an end user licence (https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=7518).
Large anonymised sample of 4 million records from the national NEED dataset of energy use and energy efficiency in domestic and non-domestic buildings in Great Britain. The data framework matches gas and electricity consumption data collected for UK Government sub-national energy consumption statistics and records of energy efficiency measures from HEED. It also includes typographic data about dwellings and households obtained from a variety of sources. UKDA user licensing restructions apply. .
A forecast of gas use in the UK in the next ten years, with different scenarios based on different assumptions about supply, demand, legislative change and asset health. Published annually. The PDF chapters provide the overview and context. The maps, charts and tables are in the appendices. The data supporting each chapter can be downloaded to Excel.
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Period: 01/01/1971 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data - statistics, API access and publications. Database access available on the data warehouse, OECD.Stat. A suite of statistical tools is also available, as is a developer API. Topics include agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. A range of charts and visualizations are also provided. A related resource is the OECD Library
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Period: 01/01/1971 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
As well as linking to the OECD Data statistics, this includes statistics from other sources such as the IEA, Nuclear Energy Agency and EUROSTAT, indicator information, factbook and yearbook series and other analyses and syntheses. Differs from the OECD Data offering as it draws on more sources and covers a wider range of countries. Acts as a federated search rather than holding its own datasets. However, there are far more books, papers, factbooks and so on accessible from here.
Odyssee-Mure Energy Efficiency and Policy Databases
Publisher: Enerdata
Period: 01/01/2000 - Ongoing
Rights: Mixed access rights
The Odyssee database contains detailed energy efficiency and CO2-indicators with data on energy consumption, their drivers (activity indicators) and their related CO2-emissions. The Mure database contains a description, with their impact evaluation whenever available, of all energy efficiency measures implemented at EU or national level. Some data and tools are publically accessible but some are restricted access.
ONS main responsibilities are collecting, analysing and disseminating statistics about the UKs economy, society and population. This resource contains a large number of detailed datasets covering subjects such as
The UKs national accounts (such as GDP, national income and expenditure)
the UK balance of payments
population, demography and migration statistics
government output and activity
business output and activity
prices statistics (such as consumer prices and producer prices)
the labour market (such as employment, unemployment and earnings)
vital events statistics (such as births, marriages and deaths)
social statistics (for example, about neighbourhoods and families)
economic, societal and personal well-being
Data is presented on screen, and is downloadable as image, csv or xls. For each dataset, similar datasets are linked, along with publications using that dataset and a contact for the data. Time filters and revision data are presented. There are search tools and many other aids to interpretation and analysis
Open Geography Portal of the Office for National Statistics
Publisher: Office for National Statistics
Period: 01/01/2015 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
The Open Geography portal from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides free and open access to the definitive source of geographic products, web applications, story maps, services and APIs. Data include boundaries, administrative areas, classifications of a range of parameters as maps. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated.
Summary of analyses of options for a low carbon economy (includes MARKAL model results by Future Energy Solutions). This report contains the results of a study, undertaken on behalf of DTI, DEFRA and the PIU, to develop a range of bottom-up estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from the UK energy sector up to 2050, and to identify the technical possibilities and costs for the abatement of these emissions. Three levels of abatement by 2050 have been considered: a 60% reduction relative to emissions in 2000 - approximating to the level considered by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP 2000) - plus 45% and 70% reductions relative to 2000 levels. Marsh, G, Taylor, P, Haydock, H, Anderson, D, Leach, M (2003). Options for a Low Carbon Future. DTI Economics Paper No 4, Department of Trade and Industry.
Options for a Low Carbon Future: Review of Modelling Activities and an Update
Publisher: UK National Archives
Period: 01/01/2005 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
This report summarises the modelling work undertaken for the 2003 Energy White Paper using the MARKAL energy model. It describes the scenarios andsensitivities used in the modelling work. It concludes that there is a variety of carbon abatement options across the energy supply sector, in improving energy efficiency and across the transport sector. Total abatement costs are uncertain and vary considerably by scenario andsensitivity but are unlikely to have a significant impact on GDP growth.Innovation and technical progress are key elements in reducing the costs ofcarbon abatement. The report compares the costs from the MARKAL model with those from a range of other models. Most of the studies suggest GDP losses of under 3% in 2050. It looks at the different types of economic models used to analyse abatement costs and the reasons why they might produce varying cost estimates This is now archived.Leach, M, Anderson, D, Taylor, P, Marsh, G (2005). Options for a Low Carbon Future: Review of Modelling Activities and an Update. DTI Occasional Paper No 1, Department of Trade and Industry.
Energy data for countries, different energy sources, energy mix data, production, consumption and access data. Data from Global Change Data Lab in partnership with Oxford University's Oxford Martin School License: All the material produced by Our World in Data, including interactive visualizations and code, are completely open access under the Creative Commons BY license. You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce these in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited. All other material, including data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data, is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors.
Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics
Publisher: UK Government
Period: 01/01/1990 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
The latest provisional estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions based on provisional inland energy consumption statistics. Data are based on provisional inland energy consumption statistics, which are published in the government's quarterly Energy Trends publication.
UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and predecessor departments, track public attitudes four times a year, in a range of its policy areas including climate change and energy. Questions on issues where it is thought that attitudes might shift quickly or be affected by seasonal changes are repeated quarterly; other questions are asked annually.
Deployment data for the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and the domestic RHI. Datasets are published on a monthly basis with supplementary statistical information published quarterly. Historical releases are available on request.
BEIS produce a wide range of official statistics including downloadable datasets, projections and trend information on a range of energy, environmental and social topics. Official Statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.Due to organisational change, this webpage is no longer updated after May 2023 Some historical datasets back to 1890. Very wide ranging set of information held in the UK government statistics website.
Publisher: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Period: 01/01/1970 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
National and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food and farming. Environment statistics including air quality and emissions statistics, environmental protection expenditure survey, sustainable development indicators,digest of waste and resources statistics; Food statistics including food transport indicators; and Land management and environmental issues. Previous statistical releases are available on the NationalArchives.
Local authority, lower super output area (LSOA), middle super output area (MSOA) and experimental postcode level data on gas consumption. There is also a sub-national electricity and gas consumption statistics analysis tool.
Publisher: Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Period: 01/01/2011 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan plots how the UK will meet its targets on emissions reduction. Original (archived May 2010) - targetting 34% cut in emissions on 1990 levels by 2020, set out in the 2009 budgetThis publication was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
First published in December 2011, the Carbon Plan sets out the governments plans for achieving the emissions reductions it committed to in the first 4 carbon budgets. Emissions in the UK must, by law, be cut by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. The UK was first to set its ambition in law and the Plan sets out progress to date and assesses cost-effective next steps. Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the report, and Annex A and Annex B set out the governments strategy and fulfil the legal obligation to report on what the UK is doing to ensure it meets carbon budgets set in law. Annex C sets out, department by department, actions and deadlines for the next 5 years. Quarterly updates on the implementation of the Carbon Plan are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/carbon-plan-quarterly-implementation-updates.
The numbers behind the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) sixth carbon budget. The sixth carbon budget provides UK ministers with advice on the volume of greenhouse gases that the UK can emit between 2033 and 2037 and has now been adopted in UK law. Interactive charts are available to explore the data.
Air pollution forecast and latest measurements and data archive. There are over 1500 sites across the UK that monitor air quality. The data and information made available through on this website is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.
UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) Data and Information Archive
Publisher: EPSRC
Period: 01/01/2012 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
The UKCCSRC Data and Information Archive holds data and other outputs generated by UKCCSRC and EPSRC-funded projects and other UK CCS projects for the long-term. It aims to provide a national focal point for CCS research and development in order to bring together the user community and academics to analyse problems, devise and carry out world-leading research, and share delivery. All EPSRC-funded projects in carbon storage are expected to archive their supporting data here (data files, reports, presentations, posters, papers, images and educational materials; source code may be included if needed to necessary to validate research findings).
The UK Data Service provides a single point of access to a wide range of social science secondary data, including international macrodata, and UK Census data. along with supporting documentation, guides and specialist support. The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) is now part of the UK Data Service, along with the former Secure Data Service, Survey Question Bank and elements of the ESRC Census Programme. The catalogue can be explored using the Discover tool. There is also a variable and question bank. Much of the data is open access, but registration is required for controlled and safeguarded data, and there is a charge for commercial use. Keyword searches in Discover can be refined by a wide range of facets such as case studies, series, ESRC outputs, Subject, data, spatial unit and so on.
UK Data Service (UKDS) data ranging from household energy use to global databanks on greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and the production and consumption of oil, gas and electricity worldwide. This page highlights some key UKDS data sets on the theme of energy and environment.
Energy trends is a quarterly bulletin containing statistics on all major aspects of energy in the UK. Energy trends focuses on the supply and demand of coal, oil, gas, electricity and renewables in the United Kingdom. Data is published a quarter in arrears.Previous editions of Energy trends are available from The National Archives.
UK Government annual, quarterly and monthly coal statistics available to download. This page collects together all the UK Government data sources that focus on coal, including historical coal statistics (1853-2012, decadal from 1853, annual from 1913) Brings together coal resources from DUKES (annual data), energy trends (articles, quarterly and monthly data) and historical data. These datasets form part of other dataset collections in UK Government statistics.
Annual, quarterly and monthly electricity statistics available to download. This page brings together all the UK Government data sources that focus on electricity including historic data (1920-2012) and imports, exports and transfers of electricity Brings together electricity data from DUKES (annual data), energy trends (articles, quarterly and monthly data) and historic data. These datasets form part of other dataset collections in the UK Government statistics.
Annual energy projections, analyzing and projecting future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK to assist in monitoring progress towards meeting carbon budgets for the UK and to inform energy policy and associated analytical work across government departments. The projections are based on assumptions of future economic growth, fossil fuel prices, electricity generation costs, UK population and other key variables regularly updated. They also give an indication of the impact of the uncertainty around some of these input assumptions.Each year, a PDF report is produced, along with a number of Annexes which are spreadsheets of the tables in the reports.
Annual, quarterly and monthly gas statistics available to download. This page brings together all the UK Government data sources that focus on gas including historic gas production, consumption, and fuel input (1920-2012) and information about European gas flows Brings together gas resources from DUKES (annual data), energy trends (articles, quarterly and monthly data) and historic data.
Annual, quarterly and monthly oil statistics available to download. This page brings together all the UK Government data sources that focus on oil including changes to oil demand data, and crude oil and petroleum production, imports and exports. Includes historical data from 1890 onwards. Brings together oil resources from DUKES (annual data), energy trends (articles, quarterly and monthly data) and historic data.
Publisher: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (now superseded by DCLG)
Period: 01/01/1970 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
Historic and projected UK household and population numbers in thousands Three datasets: UK_households.csv Number of households per year in thousands UK_population.csv UK population in thousands UK_population_households.xls Both combined plus calculated number of persons per household Data developed by the Defra MTP from ODPM (now DCLG) figures, interpolated between 1991 and 2001 to account for 2001 Census data. Population projections in the period 2003 to 2021 have been linearly interpolated from five-years interval projections by UK government. For further information see BNXS25 UK household and population figures, 1970-2020, Version 2.1 (updated 12/1/2007)
UK NAEI - National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory
Publisher: Ricardo EE, UK Gov and devolved UK governments
Period: 01/01/1970 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
The NAEI compiles estimates of emissions to the atmosphere from UK sources such as cars, trucks, power stations and industrial plant. The NAEI estimates annual pollutant emissions from 1970 to the most current publication year for the majority of pollutants. A number of pollutants are estimated from 1990 or 2000 to the most current publication year due to the lack of adequate data prior to the later date and the specific reporting requirements for each pollutant. To deliver these estimates, the NAEI team collect and analyse information from a wide range of sources from national energy statistics through to data collected from individual industrial plants.
Quarterly Energy Prices is a quarterly bulletin covering energy prices, to domestic and industrial consumers, for all the major fuels, as well as comparisons of fuel prices in the EU and G7 countries. Previous editions back to December 2010 are available from the National Archive.Issues previous to this are no longer available.
The total final energy consumption data is an aggregation of the electricity, gas, road transport and residual fuels datasets. Statistics provided at regional and local authority level. Please read the Methodology and guidance before using the statistics. Previous editions are available from The National Archive.
UK local authority and regional carbon dioxide emissions national statistics
Publisher: UK Government
Period: 01/01/2005 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Statistics and breakdown of CO2 emissions across the country, using nationally available data sets going back to 2005. You can access past editions of the statistics via The National Archives.
Annual greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions relating to UK consumption. The worldwide production of goods consumed in the UK is taken into account, as well as goods produced in the UK and emissions directly generated by UK households. The data page notes that the data for 1990 to 1996 is included in the spreadsheet, but does not have the same level of confidence as the data from 1997 onwards. Some data are in Open Office ODS format and some in MS Excel format.
The Public Engagement Observatory of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) maps the many different ways that people are engaging with energy, climate change and net zero on an ongoing basis.It openly shares, experiments with, and undertakes these mappings with others to help make energy and climate-related decisions, innovations and participation more just, responsible and responsive to society. As part of this activity there is an interactive mapping dataset of diverse cases of public participation and engagement with energy, climate change and net zero occurring in the UK since 2010. Here you can explore multiple different cases of public engagement, and filter the case study dataset based on the form, topic, participants and location of engagement. https://ukerc-observatory.ac.uk/mapping/explore/
UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Statistical Programme of Work
Publisher: UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
Period: 01/01/1990 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
FAO develops methods and standards for food and agriculture statistics, provides technical assistance services and disseminates data for global monitoring covering emissions, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, land and water resources and use, climate, environment, population, gender, nutrition, poverty, rural development, education and health as well as many others. FAO food and agriculture statistics disseminate statistics through their dissemination platforms (FAOSTAT and RuLIS) and produce publications, working papers and statistical yearbooks that cover food security and nutrition, crop and livestock, economic, social and environmental statistics.
US National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data and Tools
Publisher: US Department of Energy
Period: 01/01/2014 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
NREL develops data sets, maps, models, and tools for the analysis of energy and energy efficiency technologies. Research areas include bioenergy, buildings, conentrating solar power, energy analysis, grid modernisation, geothermal, hydrogen and fuel cells, integrated energy solutions, transportation and mobility, water and wind. NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy.
US National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Geospatial Data and Tools
Publisher: US Department of Energy
Period: 01/01/2014 - Ongoing
Rights: Open Access
NREL geospatial data sets and tools for biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, marine, solar, wind and cross-cutting energy research. NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Knowledge Network is a web-based system which facilitates data exchange in the emerging wave and tidal energy industry. The Knowledge Network contains more than 2000 resources on a range of topics relevant to wave and tidal energy. The resources are of a variety of types, including reports and datasets. The Crown Estate originally developed the Knowledge Network in line with its strategic objective to support growth of the wave and tidal industry and in partnership with the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The WTKN is now managed by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. It is a searchable database containing a wide range of information available to download free of charge and also provides links to information held elsewhere, which may be available on a commercial basis.
Woodland natural capital accounts, England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland : supplementary information
Publisher: Office for National Statistics
Period: 01/01/2010 - Ongoing
Rights: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Woodland ecosystem services for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, supplementary information. Physical (non-monetary) and monetary estimates of services provided by natural assets in the UK. These data are part of the environmental accounts data set. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datalist?filter=datasets