oRaklE (version 1.0.2)

get_entsoE_data: Load data from the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform

Description

This function makes various API requests to the Transparency Platform of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E, https://transparency.entsoe.eu/) and stores the downloaded load data in a data frame. The earliest possible year for the requested load time series is 2017.

Usage

get_entsoE_data(
  start_year,
  end_year,
  country,
  api_key = "default",
  dry_run = FALSE
)

Value

A Data Frame with the following columns

date

The series of dates, POSIXct format.

load

The series of load data, numeric

unit

The series of units in which the load data is provided, character.

year

The year of each load data point, numeric

time_interval

The time resolution of each load data point, character

country

The ISO2C Country Code, character

Arguments

start_year

Numeric. The starting year for which load data will be requested.

end_year

Numeric. The final year for which load data will be requested.

country

Character. The country name for which load data will be requested provided as the English name of the country.

api_key

Character. A valid API key for the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform. If set to "default", one of the deposited keys will be used.

dry_run

Boolean. Defaults to FALSE. This is only set to TRUE for the example run.

Examples

example_demand_data <- get_entsoE_data(2017, 2021, "France", api_key = "default", dry_run = TRUE)
print(example_demand_data[1:20, ])