Introducing Energy on OnlyFacts


We’ve published a new section on OnlyFacts that focuses on energy, which tracks the transition to renewables in Australia's domestic electricity systems.

A few highlights:

Daily updates

The energy data is updated every morning at around 4am AEST with the previous day’s data.

Comparisons

  • Never miss the daily data and trends showing our electricity fuel mix.
  • Compare countries and Australian states and territories in the race to renewables.

Most relevant data drilldowns

Things to know about the data:

  • Right now, the data focuses mainly on Australia's domestic electricity markets.
  • Most data comes from the excellent website OpenNEM and we’re indebted to the extraordinary work done by this team. We hope to multiply OpenNEM’s impact, by broadening access.
  • Most of our data currently does not include WA or NT. That’s because these states use separate electricity systems from the National Electricity Market (NEM) and so the data is less accessible. We hope to add these soon.

Help us improve!

OnlyFacts is a perpetual work in progress. We’d love your feedback to help guide how we should iterate. Drop us a line.

Main page walkthroughs:

Energy page

The main energy page features daily updates and long-term trends about:

  • The electricity fuel mix
  • Transition to renewables from fossil fuels
  • How states and territories compare in renewables uptake
  • How states and territories compare in their reliance on imported energy

> Visit the Energy page now



Renewables page

The renewables page features daily updates and long-term trends about:

  • The renewables fuel mix
  • How we’re tracking against our renewables targets
  • How the world is tracking in building renewable energy capacity (with drilldowns and histories for every country)

>Visit the Renewables page now



Solar page

The solar page features daily updates and long-term trends about:

  • How solar is used by each state
  • Breakdowns between utility and rooftop solar power
  • The number of rooftop solar installations – with drilldowns and histories for every postcode
  • The number of water heater installations – with drilldowns and histories for every postcode

> Visit the Solar page now


Again, we’d love your feedback!

What do you love and hate about the site? What do you wish it included? Any thoughts you have are super valuable for us. Don’t hold back! Send us a note.

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