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Electricity Info

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About Electricity Info

ElectricityInfo.org is an independent website providing consumers with environmental information on the UK electricity supply industry including emission factors of fuel mix electricity data so they can make an informed choice about their electricity supply.

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Fuel Mix of UK Domestic Electricity Suppliers

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Description
ElectricityInfo.org is an independent website providing consumers with environmental information on the UK electricity supply industry including emission factors of fuel mix electricity data so they can make an informed choice about their electricity supply.
Source type
Corporate
Original dataset URLURL
Year released
2021-2024
Geography
United Kingdom
Sector
Type of data
Activity-based
Emission results
CO2
Data Transformation
The original source reported emissions in gCO2e/kWh but they were converted to kgCO2e/kWh to ensure consistency.

License

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Type of license
Not specified
License URL
Not specified

Data quality

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Data quality assurance
Vetted by Climatiq. For further information on data quality assurance, see: https://www.climatiq.io/methodology#Data-Quality
Quality flag(s)
Partial factor
The source reports emission factors in CO2 only and does not include the impact of other GHGs.

Methodology

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IPCC AR method
  • This source reports only CO2 values.
LCA boundary
  • electricity_generation
Scope applicability
  • 2
Emissions breakdown
  • CO2
Methodology description

Since 2005, UK electricity suppliers have been required by law to publish fuel mix disclosure data showing how the electricity they supply to domestic customers is generated — enabling consumers to make informed choices about their electricity supply. Electricityinfo.org collects and publishes this self-reported supplier fuel mix data, covering the period 2005 to 2024.

For each supplier, the data includes the percentage breakdown of electricity by fuel source (coal, gas, nuclear, renewable, and other), the CO₂ emission intensity in gCO₂/kWh, and high-level nuclear waste, reported annually at the supplier level.

Climatiq derives both the supplier mix and residual mix emission factors for specific UK electricity suppliers from this dataset. The supplier mix rate reflects the full fuel mix of the electricity delivered by the supplier. The residual mix rate adjusts for renewable energy certificates (REGOs) transferred to specific customers, following the GHG Protocol Scope 2 market-based accounting approach

Limitation / key issues to note

This dataset includes data back to 2024 and it is no loger updated by the source.

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