What is this?
The CSEP Electricity and Carbon Tracker is a near-real-time tracker
that shows electricity generated by source (eg Renewable, Thermal) at a national level.
It also shows total electricity-based CO2 emissions every 5 minutes and CO2
emissions per kWh. Additionally, it displays the moving averages for each generation source,
as well as a wide variety of summary statistics and analysis.
The CSEP Electricity and Carbon Tracker is not linked to carbontracker.org.
Why is this important?
This India electricity tracker is the first of its kind focusing on
high-resolution and near-real-time data.
Until now, national electricity generation data was only available on a daily basis, as energy (kWh).
This tracker focuses on capacity (kW) over time, which makes it possible to draw patterns and
inferences about electricity generation in the country for planning and policy purposes.
For example, it helps us see Carbon Intensity of the grid at a granular time-varying level,
thus identifying time instances when the grid is the "greenest",
or the relative contribution of (and thus value of) different types of
generators at different times.
Who are we?
We are one of India's leading policy research think tanks. You can view more about us and our work at csep.org
The interface is different based on your device. A computer is recommended over a mobile device or tablet as it allows a richer interface.
Choosing the time period
Using the second selector at the top,
one can choose between several types of views or results:
The first two options, at a 5 minute resolution, also show CO2 from electricity generation,
both per kWh as well as total tons per 5 minute period.
{Note: Mobile/tablet interfaces lose the ability to have mouse-overs}
Choosing the type of output
Glossary
Data
Methodology
Limitations
Please see the discussion note available here.
Please reference this as The CSEP Electricity and Carbon Tracker.
You can reach us at energy@csep.org.
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