HackQC22: Quebec Electricity Production, Trade, and GHG Emissions

Hourly electricity production data from Quebec, Canada, includes sources like hydro, wind, solar, and thermal. The dataset also tracks net electricity exports to markets like New England, New Brunswick, New York, and Ontario, and estimates associated greenhouse gas emissions. It was produced for HackQC22 by the Government and Municipalities of Québec, using public sources and modeled with a 90-minute delay for most data.

Use Cases

• Modeling hourly electricity supply mix based on production source columns (hydraulics, wind, solar, thermal, others)
• Analyzing inter-regional energy trade patterns based on export data to specific markets (NewEngland, NewBrunswick, NewYork, Ontario)
• Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from electricity consumption using the provided GHG emission factor
• Forecasting grid load and renewable energy contribution using the time-series production data

Strengths

• Data is collected hourly with a near-real-time delay of 90 minutes for most sources
• Includes breakdown of production by five specific sources (hydraulics, wind, solar, thermal, others)
• Exports are disaggregated by four distinct regional markets
• Provides an associated GHG emissions estimate for electricity consumed in Quebec

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent for some sections; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is not suitable for legal GHG emissions inventories, as noted in the description

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Extraction and modeling of data from public sources external to the company

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:51:40.386606; freshness should be verified

Geography

Quebec, Canada, and its trading markets (New England, New Brunswick, New York, Ontario)