Changelogs
Data Versions
Release 2

Data Release 2

This is Data Release 2, released on May 30th, 2023. To use the (automatically-updating) dynamic version, you can use ^2. To use the fixed (unchanging) version, you can use 2. See more information about our data versioning scheme at the reference page.

Simplified data versions
We have simplified how we talk about and accept data versions based on user feedback. The 2.2 version format still works and is equivalent to the new fixed version format 2.

Data Added

Data Changed

Minor changes such as name or description changes are not listed. Find a link at the end of this document to a structured table listing all changes.

Purchased heat and steam activity ID changes

To make heat and steam activity IDs more consistent, we have standardized more sources to use heat_and_steam-type_district as the base where applicable for BEIS, UBA and GEMIS.

DISER electricity factors calculation method change

On review of DISER methodology, we found that their factors use AR5 calculations for CO2e, we previously had them listed as using AR4, they have been updated.

Africa factors

A few factors applying to the whole of Africa incorrectly had the country code AF - for Afghanistan, they have been corrected.

Data Removed

Nothing was removed.

Link to all changes in a structured format:

Datarelease changelog google sheet (opens in a new tab)

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