DFES Volume Projections by Local Authority

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Access this data via a web API. Further information in the CKAN API guide (opens in new tab).

Endpoints

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Create
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_create

Update / Insert
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_upsert

Query
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search

Querying
First 5 results:
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0&limit=5

Results containing 'jones':
https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0&q=jones

Examples
  
    curl -X POST 'https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search' \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
        "resource_id": "b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0",
        "limit": 5,
        "q": "jones"
      }'
  
  
    using System;
    using System.Net.Http;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Text.Json;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    var data = new {
      resource_id = "b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0", // the resource id
      limit = 5, // get 5 results
      q = "jones" // query for 'jones'
    };

    var url = "https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search";

    using var client = new HttpClient();
    var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(data);
    var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

    try {
      var response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
      response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
      var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
      var result = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(responseBody);
      Console.WriteLine($"Total results found: {result.GetProperty("result").GetProperty("total")}");
    } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
      Console.WriteLine($"Error fetching data: {e.Message}");
    }
  
  
    const data = {
      resource_id: 'b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0', // the resource id
      limit: 5, // get 5 results
      q: 'jones' // query for 'jones'
    };

    const url = new URL('https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search');
    Object.keys(data).forEach(key => url.searchParams.append(key, data[key]));

    fetch(url)
      .then(response => response.json())
      .then(result => {
        console.log('Total results found: ' + result.result.total);
      })
      .catch(error => {
        console.error('Error fetching data:', error);
      });
  
  
    import urllib.request
    import urllib.error
    import json

    url = 'https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0&limit=5&q=title:jones'  
    
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
            data = json.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))
            print(f"Total results found: {data['result']['total']}")
    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
        print(f"Error fetching data: {e}")
  
  
    $data = [
      'resource_id' => 'b3f87e26-7477-4493-aa64-d87442f942c0', // the resource id
      'limit' => 5, // get 5 results
      'q' => 'jones' // query for 'jones'
    ];

    $url = 'https://connecteddata.nationalgrid.co.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search';

    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    if ($httpCode === 200) {
      $result = json_decode($response, true);
      echo "Total results found: " . $result['result']['total'];
    } else {
      echo "Error fetching data: HTTP " . $httpCode;
    }
  

Data Dictionary

Data Dictionary: Column definitions and metadata for this resource
Column Type Label Description Example
local_authority text nan

Local authority

North West Leicestershire District
reporting_units text nan

Units being used in the value column for that technology

MW (installed capacity)
scenario text nan

DFES Scenario

Leading the Way
subtechnology text nan

DFES subtechnology

Commercial rooftop (10kW - 1MW)
technology text nan

DFES technology

Solar Generation
value text Units provided in reporting_units column against that entry.

The volume of that technology present

5.707000034
year numeric Date (YYYY)

Year of the forecast, where 0 is the baseline

2024