charts: 4558

This table contains the information used by our Grapher datavisualisation tool to render charts.

The most relevant field is the config field that contains json stored as text. A JSON Schema is available that describes the content of this json data. The SQLite JSON_EXTRACT function can be used in SQL queries to extract the content of this JSON data into columns in a result table.

Data license: CC-BY

This data as json

id slug type config createdAt updatedAt lastEditedAt publishedAt lastEditedByUserId publishedByUserId isIndexable title subtitle note title_plus_variant configWithDefaults
4558 levelized-cost-of-energy LineChart 
{
    "id": 4558,
    "note": "Data is expressed in constant 2022 US$.",
    "slug": "levelized-cost-of-energy",
    "title": "Levelized cost of energy by technology",
    "yAxis": {
        "max": 0,
        "min": 0,
        "canChangeScaleType": true
    },
    "$schema": "https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.004.json",
    "version": 20,
    "subtitle": "The average cost per unit of energy generated across the lifetime of a new power plant. This data is expressed in US dollars per [kilowatt-hour](#dod:watt-hours). It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.",
    "originUrl": "ourworldindata.org/energy",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Bioenergy",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817956
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Geothermal",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817958
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Offshore wind",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817960
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Solar photovoltaic",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817962
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Concentrated solar power",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817957
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Hydropower",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817959
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Onshore wind",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817961
        }
    ],
    "isPublished": true,
    "internalNotes": "As explained in Annex I of the 2022 report (page 193):\n\"All costs presented in this report are denominated in real, 2022 US dollars; that is to say, after inflation has been taken into account, unless otherwise stated.\"",
    "addCountryMode": "change-country",
    "comparisonLines": [
        {
            "label": "Fossil fuels \u2013 high end of the price range",
            "yEquals": "0.177"
        },
        {
            "label": "Fossil fuels \u2013 low end of the price range",
            "yEquals": "0.05"
        }
    ],
    "missingDataStrategy": "show",
    "selectedEntityNames": [
        "World"
    ],
    "hideAnnotationFieldsInTitle": {
        "time": true,
        "entity": true,
        "changeInPrefix": true
    }
}
 2020-09-30 10:27:38 2024-04-08 12:13:54 2023-12-27 11:51:21 2020-09-30 10:27:38 58 14 1 Levelized cost of energy by technology The average cost per unit of energy generated across the lifetime of a new power plant. This data is expressed in US dollars per [kilowatt-hour](#dod:watt-hours). It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries. Data is expressed in constant 2022 US$. Levelized cost of energy by technology () 
{
    "$schema": "https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.004.json",
    "map": {
        "projection": "World",
        "hideTimeline": false,
        "colorScale": {
            "baseColorScheme": "default",
            "equalSizeBins": true,
            "binningStrategy": "ckmeans",
            "customNumericColorsActive": false,
            "colorSchemeInvert": false,
            "binningStrategyBinCount": 5
        },
        "timeTolerance": 0,
        "toleranceStrategy": "closest",
        "tooltipUseCustomLabels": false,
        "time": "latest"
    },
    "maxTime": "latest",
    "baseColorScheme": "default",
    "yAxis": {
        "removePointsOutsideDomain": false,
        "scaleType": "linear",
        "canChangeScaleType": false,
        "facetDomain": "shared"
    },
    "tab": "chart",
    "matchingEntitiesOnly": false,
    "hasChartTab": true,
    "hideLegend": false,
    "hideLogo": false,
    "hideTimeline": false,
    "colorScale": {
        "baseColorScheme": "default",
        "equalSizeBins": true,
        "binningStrategy": "ckmeans",
        "customNumericColorsActive": false,
        "colorSchemeInvert": false,
        "binningStrategyBinCount": 5
    },
    "scatterPointLabelStrategy": "year",
    "selectedFacetStrategy": "none",
    "isPublished": true,
    "invertColorScheme": false,
    "version": 20,
    "logo": "owid",
    "entityType": "country or region",
    "facettingLabelByYVariables": "metric",
    "addCountryMode": "change-country",
    "compareEndPointsOnly": false,
    "type": "LineChart",
    "hasMapTab": false,
    "stackMode": "absolute",
    "minTime": "earliest",
    "hideAnnotationFieldsInTitle": {
        "entity": false,
        "time": false,
        "changeInPrefix": false
    },
    "xAxis": {
        "removePointsOutsideDomain": false,
        "scaleType": "linear",
        "canChangeScaleType": false,
        "facetDomain": "shared"
    },
    "hideConnectedScatterLines": false,
    "showNoDataArea": true,
    "zoomToSelection": false,
    "showYearLabels": false,
    "hideLinesOutsideTolerance": false,
    "hideTotalValueLabel": false,
    "hideScatterLabels": false,
    "sortBy": "total",
    "sortOrder": "desc",
    "hideFacetControl": true,
    "entityTypePlural": "countries",
    "missingDataStrategy": "show",
    "id": 4558,
    "note": "Data is expressed in constant 2022 US$.",
    "slug": "levelized-cost-of-energy",
    "title": "Levelized cost of energy by technology",
    "subtitle": "The average cost per unit of energy generated across the lifetime of a new power plant. This data is expressed in US dollars per [kilowatt-hour](#dod:watt-hours). It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.",
    "originUrl": "ourworldindata.org/energy",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Bioenergy",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817956
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Geothermal",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817958
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Offshore wind",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817960
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Solar photovoltaic",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817962
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Concentrated solar power",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817957
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Hydropower",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817959
        },
        {
            "display": {
                "name": "Onshore wind",
                "unit": "constant 2022 US$ per kilowatt-hour",
                "includeInTable": true
            },
            "property": "y",
            "variableId": 817961
        }
    ],
    "internalNotes": "As explained in Annex I of the 2022 report (page 193):\n\"All costs presented in this report are denominated in real, 2022 US dollars; that is to say, after inflation has been taken into account, unless otherwise stated.\"",
    "comparisonLines": [
        {
            "label": "Fossil fuels \u2013 high end of the price range",
            "yEquals": "0.177"
        },
        {
            "label": "Fossil fuels \u2013 low end of the price range",
            "yEquals": "0.05"
        }
    ],
    "selectedEntityNames": [
        "World"
    ]
}

Links from other tables