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ENTSO-E Transparency Platform gives access to electricity generation, transportation, and consumption data for the pan-European market. Part of this data is provided by the various transmission system operators (TSOs) accross Europe.

Western Europe Consumption data has been retrieved for each of the following countries : Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. The time resolution is either 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour depending on the country.

The consumption is given in Megawatts (MW) and goes from January 2015 up to August 2020.

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This data is publicly available via ENTSO-E transparency platform.

Inspiration

• train prediction model to forecast consumption with various lead times,
• compare consumption profile of the various countries,
• assess how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting power consumption in Europe