With the Electricity Maps site, you can view live electricity consumption in many countries.
And this is not the only data available on this site, which also lists the electricity production of the countries referenced as well as the type of electricity involved. And more info!
All the information on a country’s electricity in one page
The issue of energy, and more specifically electricity, has become particularly significant in recent weeks in France. With the Russian-Ukrainian war and the difficulties encountered by the hexagonal nuclear fleet, France is today the European country most at risk of experiencing power cuts this winter.
Suffice to say that the number of people interested in these questions has increased significantly at the end of the year. And if this is your case, then you will love the Electricity Maps site. The latter allows you to access a lot of information, as shown in the screenshot below, with France as an example.
It is thus possible to know not only the production, but also the electricity consumption of a nation by clicking on the buttons at the top right. On the left, at the bottom, a chronological frieze allows you to choose the period on which to inform you.
Detailed carbon intensity and electricity mix
But the map, the result of the collaboration of more than 300 contributors across 80 countries around the world, offers even more details. What you will be able to see more distinctly with a little magnifying glass.
After clicking on the national territory, the carbon intensity of electricity production and consumption can be seen on the left, measured in grams of carbon emitted per kilowatt hour of electricity. The percentage of low-carbon and renewable energy included in production/consumption, and details of the electricity mix (nuclear, wind, gas, etc.) are also indicated.
The map is so precise that it is even capable, when you click on “consumption”, of seeing the electricity flows between neighboring countries. You can therefore find out which countries sell electricity to the target country as well as the share that this sale represents in its overall consumption (the French can now thank Belgium, Germany and Spain). In the same way, you can also discover the detail of the electricity exports of the nation which interests you.
Source : Electricity Maps
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