Monthly electricity generation by source and country (Ember)

Name: Monthly electricity generation by source and country (Ember)
Creator: Ember
License: https://ember-energy.org/data/
Keywords: energy, electricity, renewables, emissions, climate, ember, monthly

Commercial use OKFreshLicense: CC-BY-4.0

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Monthly electricity generation, generation mix shares, CO2 emissions and emissions intensity by electricity source for around 230 countries and economies plus regional aggregates, from Ember's harmonized monthly electricity dataset (https://files.ember-energy.org/public-downloads/generation/outputs/release_generation_monthly_global.csv). Each row is one (month, area, electricity source): generation in TWh with year-on-year changes, share of that area's generation in percent, CO2 emissions in MtCO2e with year-on-year changes, share of emissions, and emissions intensity in gCO2e/kWh, alongside area metadata (ISO alpha-3 code, continent, Ember region, EU/OECD/G20/G7/ASEAN membership). Method: Ember harmonizes national statistics; sources flagged is_aggregated_source=True (Clean, Fossil, Renewables, Total generation, Wind and solar, 'Hydro, bioenergy and other renewables') are composites of the granular sources, and 'Demand'/'Net imports' are balance rows. Units: TWh for generation, MtCO2e for emissions, gCO2e/kWh for intensity, percent / percentage points for shares and changes. Caveats: YoY-change columns are empty for each series' first 12 months; regional aggregates have no iso3 code; the latest 1-2 months are provisional and routinely revised. Coverage: worldwide, 1998-12 to the present, monthly granularity. Provenance: Ember keyless public CSV, CC BY 4.0 - please cite Ember (ember-energy.org). Primary key: (month, area, electricity_source). Join keys: iso3 (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3), month. Cadence: refreshed monthly; new months typically appear ~6 weeks after month-end. Sample use: filter area='Germany' and is_aggregated_source=False to track its generation mix over time.

Source: Ember
Rows: 178,200
Columns: 23
Source cadence: Monthly
Last refreshed: Sep 23, 2026
Theme: energy

Column	Type	Description
area	string	Country/economy or regional aggregate name.
iso3	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code; empty for regional aggregates.
month	string	Year and month of the observation (first day of month).
area_type	string	Provider classification: 'Country or economy' or 'Region'.
electricity_source	string	Electricity source (e.g. Solar, Wind, Coal, Hydro, Nuclear, Gas). Rows flagged is_aggregated_source=True are composites ('Clean', 'Fossil', 'Renewables', 'Total generation', 'Wind and solar', 'Hydro, bioenergy and other renewables') or balance rows ('Demand', 'Net imports').
is_aggregated_source	boolean	True when electricity_source is a composite of granular sources or a balance row.
generation_twh	float	Electricity generated in the month. (unit: TWh)
generation_yoy_change_twh	float	Year-on-year change in monthly generation; empty for each series' first 12 months. (unit: TWh)
generation_yoy_change_pct	float	Year-on-year percent change in monthly generation; empty for each series' first 12 months. (unit: percent)
share_of_generation_pct	float	Share of the area's total monthly generation from this source. (unit: percent)
share_of_generation_yoy_change_pp	float	Year-on-year change in the generation share, in percentage points. (unit: percentage points)
emissions_mtco2e	float	CO2 emissions attributed to this source's generation in the month. (unit: MtCO2e)
emissions_yoy_change_mtco2e	float	Year-on-year change in monthly emissions. (unit: MtCO2e)
emissions_yoy_change_pct	float	Year-on-year percent change in monthly emissions. (unit: percent)
share_of_emissions_pct	float	Share of the area's monthly electricity emissions from this source. (unit: percent)
emissions_intensity_gco2e_kwh	float	Emissions intensity of this source's generation. (unit: gCO2e/kWh)
continent	string	Continent of the area (empty for regions).
ember_region	string	Ember's regional grouping of the area.
eu_member	boolean	True when the area is an EU member state.
oecd_member	boolean	True when the area is an OECD member.
g20_member	boolean	True when the area is a G20 member.
g7_member	boolean	True when the area is a G7 member.
asean_member	boolean	True when the area is an ASEAN member.

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

area	iso3	month	area_type	electricity_source	is_aggregated_source	generation_twh	generation_yoy_change_twh	generation_yoy_change_pct	share_of_generation_pct	share_of_generation_yoy_change_pp	emissions_mtco2e	emissions_yoy_change_mtco2e	emissions_yoy_change_pct	share_of_emissions_pct	emissions_intensity_gco2e_kwh	continent	ember_region	eu_member	oecd_member	g20_member	g7_member	asean_member
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Clean	true	0.549	—	—	5.087	—	0.013	—	—	0.134	23.679	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Coal	false	9.75	—	—	90.351	—	9.281	—	—	95.916	951.897	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Demand	true	10.791	—	—	99.998	—	—	—	—	—	—	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Fossil	true	10.243	—	—	94.92	—	9.663	—	—	99.864	943.376	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Gas	false	0.477	—	—	4.42	—	0.372	—	—	3.845	779.874	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Hydro	false	0.549	—	—	5.087	—	0.013	—	—	0.134	23.679	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Hydro, bioenergy and other renewables	true	0.549	—	—	5.087	—	0.013	—	—	0.134	23.679	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Other fossil	false	0.015	—	—	0.139	—	0.011	—	—	0.114	733.333	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Renewables	true	0.549	—	—	5.087	—	0.013	—	—	0.134	23.679	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false
Australia	AUS	1998-12-01	Country or economy	Total generation	true	10.791	—	—	99.998	—	9.676	—	—	99.998	896.673	Oceania	Oceania	false	true	true	false	false

Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).

cURL

curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ember/ember_electricity_generation_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'

Python

import requests

ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ember/ember_electricity_generation_monthly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")

# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ember/ember_electricity_generation_monthly

Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.