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id ▲ name unit description createdAt updatedAt code coverage timespan datasetId sourceId shortUnit display columnOrder originalMetadata grapherConfigAdmin shortName catalogPath dimensions schemaVersion processingLevel processingLog titlePublic titleVariant attributionShort attribution descriptionShort descriptionFromProducer descriptionKey descriptionProcessing licenses license grapherConfigETL type sort dataChecksum metadataChecksum
737727 Electricity generation from wind terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. 2023-07-17 14:31:09 2023-12-19 13:34:31     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Wind",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     wind_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#wind_generation   1                 
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    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737726 Total electricity generation terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross output. 2023-07-17 14:31:08 2023-12-19 13:34:31     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Total electricity generation",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     total_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#total_generation   1                 
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[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737725 Electricity generation from solar terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. 2023-07-17 14:31:07 2023-12-19 13:34:30     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Solar",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     solar_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#solar_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737724 Electricity generation from other renewables terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. 2023-07-17 14:31:07 2023-12-19 13:34:30     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Other renewables",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     other_renewables_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#other_renewables_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737723 Electricity generation from oil terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross output. 2023-07-17 14:31:06 2023-12-19 13:34:30     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Oil",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     oil_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#oil_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737722 Electricity generation from nuclear terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. 2023-07-17 14:31:06 2023-12-19 13:34:30     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Nuclear",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     nuclear_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#nuclear_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737721 Net electricity imports terawatt-hours   2023-07-17 14:31:06 2023-12-19 13:34:30     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Net electricity imports",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     net_imports grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#net_imports   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737720 Electricity generation from hydropower terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross primary hydroelectric generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. 2023-07-17 14:31:05 2023-12-19 13:34:29     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Hydropower",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     hydro_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#hydro_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737719 Electricity generation from gas terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross output. 2023-07-17 14:31:05 2023-12-19 13:34:29     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Natural gas",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     gas_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#gas_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            
737718 Electricity generation from coal terawatt-hours Figures are based on gross output. 2023-07-17 14:31:04 2023-12-19 13:34:29     1920-2022 UK historical electricity (DUKES, 2023c) 6134 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy (2023); Ember; Ember's European Electricity Review (2022); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK 29215 TWh 
{
    "name": "Coal",
    "unit": "terawatt-hours",
    "shortUnit": "TWh"
}
 0     coal_generation grapher/energy/2023-07-10/uk_historical_electricity/uk_historical_electricity#coal_generation   1                 
[]
   
[
    {
        "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200231/https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1055542/EI_Stat_Review_PDF_single-2.pdf",
        "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2023"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://ember-climate.org/creative-commons/",
        "name": "Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0"
    },
    {
        "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
        "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0"
    }
]
            

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CREATE TABLE "variables" (
	"id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
	"name" VARCHAR(750) NULL  ,
	"unit" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"description" TEXT NULL  ,
	"createdAt" DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
	"updatedAt" DATETIME NULL  ,
	"code" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"coverage" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"timespan" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"datasetId" INTEGER NOT NULL  ,
	"sourceId" INTEGER NULL  ,
	"shortUnit" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"display" TEXT NOT NULL  ,
	"columnOrder" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' ,
	"originalMetadata" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigAdmin" TEXT NULL  ,
	"shortName" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"catalogPath" VARCHAR(767) NULL  ,
	"dimensions" TEXT NULL  ,
	"schemaVersion" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '1' ,
	"processingLevel" VARCHAR(30) NULL  ,
	"processingLog" TEXT NULL  ,
	"titlePublic" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"titleVariant" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"attributionShort" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"attribution" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionShort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionFromProducer" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionKey" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionProcessing" TEXT NULL  ,
	"licenses" TEXT NULL  ,
	"license" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigETL" TEXT NULL  ,
	"type" TEXT NULL  ,
	"sort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"dataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL  ,
	"metadataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL,
	FOREIGN KEY("datasetId") REFERENCES "datasets" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
	FOREIGN KEY("sourceId") REFERENCES "sources" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT
);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "idx_catalogPath" ON "variables" ("catalogPath");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "unique_short_name_per_dataset" ON "variables" ("shortName", "datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_code_fk_dst_id_7bde8c2a_uniq" ON "variables" ("code", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_datasetId_50a98bfd_fk_datasets_id" ON "variables" ("datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_name_fk_dst_id_f7453c33_uniq" ON "variables" ("name", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_sourceId_31fce80a_fk_sources_id" ON "variables" ("sourceId");