world_electricity: World low carbon & fossil electricity generation 2014 - 2023

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World low carbon & fossil electricity generation 2014 - 2023

Description

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

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