gridCarbon

Code to analyse the carbon footprint of NZ & UK electricity generation over time.

Inspired by:

Started out as part of a CfS summer student scholarship project and has evolved into something slightly larger and more complicated :-)

Results

Reports and results best viewed on github pages.

GB wind/solar vs coal/gas generation mix over time (inspired by https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/status/1508409309775994892)
Analysis of GB generation mix and emissions during COVID19 2020 lockdown:
- Anderson, B., & James, P. (2021). Covid-19 lockdown: impacts on GB electricity demand and CO2 emissions. Buildings and Cities, 2(1), 134–149. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bc.77
Analysis of New Zealand electricity generation emissions (tl;dr: renewable ! necessarily = low emissions...)

The repo is intentionally structured as an R package. To install it:

Re-use terms: License

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.drake		.drake
R		R
dataProcessing		dataProcessing
man		man
publicData		publicData
rmd		rmd
tmp		tmp
.Rbuildignore		.Rbuildignore
.Rprofile		.Rprofile
.gitignore		.gitignore
DESCRIPTION		DESCRIPTION
LICENSE		LICENSE
NAMESPACE		NAMESPACE
README.md		README.md
_config.yml		_config.yml
env.R		env.R
gridCarbon.Rproj		gridCarbon.Rproj
metaDT.csv		metaDT.csv
temp.csv		temp.csv
tests.R		tests.R