Pioneers of data transparency

The report identifies New Zealand, Australia, and India as leaders in power data transparency, evaluating them across six criteria: time granularity, publishing lag, geographical granularity, fuel breakdown, ease of access, and additional data. It specifically examines the partnership between India's NITI Aayog and the Vasudha Foundation to create a centralized, open-access data platform for the country's energy transition. The document concludes with recommendations for improving data transparency across Asia, emphasizing machine-readable formats, unique identifiers, and the removal of access restrictions.

• New Zealand and Australia demonstrate the highest standards of data transparency, both publishing real-time data via public dashboards every five minutes and providing functioning public APIs for programmatic data retrieval.
• India, Australia, and New Zealand are identified as leaders in geographical granularity and publishing speed, with all three publishing power data at the unit-level and providing data in real time or on the following day.
• The Vasudha Foundation, in partnership with NITI Aayog, has addressed India's power data challenges by aggregating fragmented information from 68 distribution companies—often provided only as PDFs or scanned images—into a comprehensive data repository.
• Critical barriers to data transparency in Asia include the use of non-machine-readable formats (PDF/HTML), a lack of unique identifiers for power plants, and the tendency of governments or utilities to restrict data to avoid public scrutiny.

APA

Ember (2023). Pioneers of data transparency. https://ember-energy.org/chapter/pioneers-of-data-transparency/

Chicago

Ember. Pioneers of data transparency. 2023. https://ember-energy.org/chapter/pioneers-of-data-transparency/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ember2023pioneers, author = {{Ember}}, title = {{Pioneers of data transparency}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://ember-energy.org/chapter/pioneers-of-data-transparency/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }