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World low carbon & fossil electricity generation 2014 - 2023

world_electricity.Rd

This dataset represents world's electricity generation from low-carbon sources and fossil fuels over the period 2014 - 2023.

Usage

world_electricity

Format

A data frame with 70 observations and 4 variables:

  • year : Year

  • source : Either :

    • Low carbon : Electricity generation from low-carbon sources - Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels.

    • Renewables : Electricity generation from renewables

    • Nuclear : Electricity generation from nuclear

    • Fossil : Electricity generation from fossil fuels (oil + gas + coal)

    • Oil : Electricity generation from fossil fuels

    • Gas : Electricity generation from fossil fuels

    • Coal : Electricity generation from fossil fuels

  • generation : Electricity generation in terawatt-hours.

  • type : Type of source : total or detail.

Source

Our World In Data