Summary
Ember is an energy think tank that aims to accelerate the clean energy transition with data and policy. It publishes an Annual Report called “Global Electricity Review” which contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions and demand data for a range of different geographies.
Details for the EMBER source can be found here
| Full Source Name | EMBER Global Electricity Review |
|---|---|
| Sumday Concise Name | EMBER |
| Description | This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics). |
| Source Type | Coprorate Publication |
| Most Recent Release Year | 2024 |
| Earliest Release Year | 2021 |
| Next Expected Release Date | July 2025 |
| Sumday Take |
The EMBERs data set provides broad coverage of key electricity statistics including the grid emissions intensity associated with many geographies. The source does not provide data associated with Scope 3 Fuel and Energy Related activities which should be taken into account when incorporating this dataset into your inventory. More details of the methodology can be found here. |