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This dataset contains approximate GIS (geographic information system) geospatial boundaries for each of the DNO Licence Areas in Great Britain. There are 14 licensed Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) in Britain and each is responsible for a regional distribution services area. DNO Licence Areas are sometimes referred to as GSP Groups and historically have also been known as Public Electricity Supplier (PES) regions, though the latter name is no longer widely used.

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The DNO Licence Area boundaries are unusual because they are only well defined when tested. The boundaries tend to run through rural areas and change over time whenever a new connection is added close to a boundary. For example, a new connection close to an existing boundary can approach the DNO responsible for both neighbouring Licence Areas to ask for a connection, and is free to choose either depending on how much they will charge - once the new connection is made the boundary is, theoretically, re-drawn to ensure that the new connection falls into the correct Licence Area. The boundaries in this dataset were originally shared by Western Power Distribution, now National Grid Electricity Distribution (the DNO responsible for 4 of the 14 Licence Areas) and come with the disclaimer that they are probably a little outdated and not 100% accurate. That said, they are a good indication of the geography of DNO Licence Areas.

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DNO Licence Areas are widely used as an aggregation entity when reporting electricity network data, for example, in Elexon's publication of electricity settlement data. As such, they are also useful for regional modelling of the GB electricity transmission network, for example to aggregate distributed embedded generator energy flows onto the transmission network. A good example of this is the Regional PV_Live outturn estimates published by The University of Sheffield (https://www.solar.sheffield.ac.uk/pvlive/regional/).

Note: DNO Regions do not align with standard geographic regions and should not be used for mapping beyond that related to DNO and Power Networks.

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TopoJSON Shapefile for Power BI

On the Export\u00a0tab you will find a file under the Alternative exports. This file is in TopoJSON format and is ready for use in compatible visualisation tools such as Power BI or Mapbox.

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This dataset utilizes the Carbon Intensity Region API to provide real-time information on the forecast carbon intensity (gCO2/kWh) of electricity consumption across various regions in Great Britain and our electricity generation mix.

The carbon intensity of electricity is a measure of how much CO2 emissions are produced per kilowatt hour of electricity consumed.

The generation mix shows what percentage is generated from various sources such as solar, wind, nuclear, hydro and fossil fuels such as gas and coal.

Updated every hour and forecasted up to 96 hours ahead. The values are calculated using state-of-the-art machine learning and power system modelling techniques, incorporating emissions from large metered power stations, interconnector imports, transmission and distribution losses, and embedded wind and solar generation.

Data is available at the Distribution Network Operator (DNO) regions. Please note, these regions do not align with the standard UK regions.

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The Intensity Index\u00a0applied depends on the Intensity Forecast which is measured in gCO2/kWh and varies from year to year. See the table below for conversion;

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20260 to 2425 to 8990 to 169170 to 230230+
20270 to 1920 to 7980 to 159160 to 210210+
20280 to 1415 to 6970 to 149150 to 190190+
20290 to 910 to 5960 to 139140 to 170170+
20300 to 45 to 4950 to 129130 to 150150+
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