UK Department for Education Half-Hourly Gas and Electricity Consumption from 2010

Department for Education real-time energy consumption data starting from July 28, 2010. The dataset is provided by the UK government under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling public building energy demand based on half-hourly consumption data.
• Analyzing trends in government energy efficiency initiatives over time.
• Forecasting energy costs for educational facilities using real-time usage patterns.

Strengths

• Data collection began on a specific date: July 28, 2010.
• Data is provided in a standard, machine-readable CSV format.
• The dataset has a clear provenance from the UK Department for Education.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

Department for Education (UK government)

Time Range

From July 28, 2010 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.462734; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom