A data set specially produced for HackQC and bringing together, in near real time:
- the sources of electricity produced in Quebec;
- electricity exports and imports, by market;
- imported electricity sources, by market;
- the sources of electricity supplied by Hydro-Québec;
- GHG emissions associated with electricity consumed in Quebec (1).
(1) Except for electricity consumed in municipal networks and autonomous networks.
Method
Extraction and modeling of data from public sources external to the company. All data sources used are public, either in the form of open data or publicly released information.
Useful information for interpreting data
This is an order of magnitude used to estimate GHG emissions.
It can be assumed that the MW correspond to the MWh of that same hour.
Data on the sources of electricity produced in Quebec are collected every hour, at half an hour, at 8:30am, 9:30am, etc., with a delay of 90 minutes (360 minutes for the thermal source).
Export and import data include transit transits, which represent only a small percentage of trade.
This data is not suitable for the legal needs for the production of GHG emissions inventories by customers. Instead, these needs are met by the label (www.hydroquebec.com/developpement-durable/documentation-specialisee/rates-emission-ges.html).
Label description
Files may contain textual (e.g., “Montreal”), numerical (e.g., “2021-05-21”), and geometric (e.g., “46°48'44”), and geometric (e.g., “46°48'44”) data. They are organized using labels that correspond to categories. Here are the labels and their description:
- lastExecuted: date and time of the last available measurement (in UTC);
- date: date and time the measurement was taken.
Quebec_Production_Sources
Sources of electricity produced in Quebec, in megawatts (MW).
- total (numerical): total electricity production (MW);
- hydraulics (digital): electricity production from hydraulic sources (MW);
- wind power (digital): electricity production from wind sources (MW);
- others (digital): electricity production from installations owned by independent producers of various renewable sources (MW);
- solar (digital): electricity production from solar sources (MW);
- thermal (digital): production of electricity from thermal source (MW).
Exports
Net exports (exports — imports) of electricity, by market. The data includes transit transits, which represent only a small percentage of trade.
- total (numerical): total quantity of electricity exported by Quebec to the New England states, New Brunswick, New York State and Ontario (MW);
- NewEngland (numerical): total quantity of electricity exported by Quebec to New England states (MW);
- NewBrunswick (numerical): total quantity of electricity exported by Quebec to New Brunswick (MW);
- NewYork (digital): total quantity of electricity exported by Quebec to the State of New York (MW);
- Ontario (digital): total quantity of electricity exported by Quebec to Ontario (MW).
Importations_Sources
Sources of imported electricity, by market. The data includes transit transits, which represent only a small percentage of trade.
Ontario:
- total (numerical): total quantity of electricity imported from Ontario (MW);
- hydro (digital): quantity of electricity imported from hydraulic sources (MW);
- wind (digital): quantity of electricity imported from wind sources (MW);
- solar (digital): quantity of electricity imported from solar sources (MW);
- gas (numerical): quantity of imported electricity using natural gas (MW) as a source;
- nuclear (digital): quantity of electricity imported from a nuclear source (MW).
New York:
- total (numerical): total quantity of electricity imported from New York State (MW);
- hydro (digital): quantity of electricity imported from hydraulic sources (MW);
- wind (digital): quantity of electricity imported from wind sources (MW);
- solar (digital): quantity of electricity imported from solar sources (MW);
- biomass (digital): quantity of imported electricity using biomass (MW) as a source;
- oil (digital): quantity of imported electricity using oil as a source (MW);
- gas (numerical): quantity of imported electricity using natural gas (MW) as a source;
- nuclear (digital): quantity of electricity imported from a nuclear source (MW);
- coal (digital): quantity of imported electricity using coal as a source (MW);
- other_fossils (numerical): quantity of electricity imported using other fossil fuels (MW) as a source.
New Brunswick:
- total (numerical): total quantity of electricity imported from New Brunswick (MW);
- electricity (digital): quantity of electricity imported from all sources combined (MW).
NewEngland:
- total (numerical): total quantity of electricity imported from New England states (MW);
- hydro (digital): quantity of electricity imported from hydraulic sources (MW);
- wind (digital): quantity of electricity imported from wind sources (MW);
- solar (digital): quantity of electricity imported from solar sources (MW);
- biomass (digital): quantity of imported electricity using biomass (MW) as a source;
- oil (digital): quantity of imported electricity using oil as a source (MW);
- gas (numerical): quantity of imported electricity using natural gas (MW) as a source;
- nuclear (digital): quantity of electricity imported from a nuclear source (MW);
- coal (digital): quantity of imported electricity using coal as a source (MW);
- other_fossils (numerical): quantity of imported electricity using other fossil fuels as a source (MW)
Quebec_Consumption_Sources
Sources of electricity supplied by Hydro-Québec. Total electricity consumption in megawatts (MW) is calculated based on production and trade values.
- total (numerical): total electricity consumption (MW);
- hydraulic (digital): electricity consumption from a hydraulic source (MW);
- wind power (digital): electricity consumption from wind sources (MW);
- others (digital): electricity consumption from other renewable sources (installations belonging to independent producers in Quebec) (MW);
- solar (digital): electricity consumption from solar sources (MW);
- thermal (digital): thermal source electricity consumption (MW);
- geothermal (digital): electricity consumption from a geothermal source (MW);
- biomass (digital): electricity consumption based on biomass (MW) as a source;
- nuclear (digital): consumption of electricity from a nuclear source (MW).
Quebec_consumption_GES
GHG emissions produced by electricity consumption in Quebec (including GHGs emitted to produce imported electricity, therefore emitted outside Quebec).
- total (numerical): total direct GHG emissions, in kilograms of CO2 equivalent (kg);
- intensity (numerical): direct GHG emissions, in grams of CO2 equivalent per kilowatt hour (g/kWh)