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The Modo GB Datasets (and what they do)
The Modo GB Datasets (and what they do)

Modo Data Library Descriptions and Use Cases for GB datasets only

Updated over 4 months ago

All the below datasets can be found in the Modo Data Library (in csv form) or via our API - you can access them there or by using the dynamic search function on that platform.

Asset Operations

What can you find in it?

  • Live detailed revenue breakdown for individual GB battery assets/BESS assets per settlement period

  • List of assets active in GB, as well as the markets they have been active in for a particular month

  • Uses units of £/MW

  • Includes information like rated power, energy capacity, whether or not the asset is a BMU, throughput, contracted power and revenues in different markets

What can you use it for?

  • You can use the throughput and energy capacity values to calculate the cycling of a specific asset in GB

  • You can use these to examine different revenue streams that assets are operating in

  • You can get a breakdown of how many assets are of a certain duration, rated power, or capacity

BESS Industry Growth - GB

What can you find in it?

  • The total sum of rated power and energy capacity, as well as the count of BESS assets in GB at monthly intervals since June 1st, 2019.

What can you use it for?

  • Establishing how many assets are in GB

  • Establishing the rated power of the BESS assets in GB

Daily BESS Index

What can you find in it?

  • Live average daily revenue benchmark for GB battery assets

  • Aggregated revenue of assets of 1hr duration (marked 1), 2hr duration (marked 2) and all durations (marked *).

  • Includes total assets' (active that day) rated power and energy capacity, and revenue

  • Splits revenue out by revenue stream and duration.

What can you use it for?

  • Can track revenue changes across the GB BESS fleet

  • Can look at historic revenues on a more granular level

GB Hourly Forward Curve

What can you find in it?

  • Wholesale hourly energy prices for the next 3-years

  • Our most live and up-to-date daily forecast. Updated daily after the trades from that day have taken place

  • Accessible via the API

What can you use it for?

  • Short term forecasting

Index Breakdown

What can you find in it?

  • Live Leaderboard data for individual GB battery assets

  • Physical data - importing and exporting in MWh, in specific markets, in specific settlement periods for different assets.

What can you use it for?

  • Your own granular analysis of an individual asset's operations

  • Creating your own version of Modo's Leaderboard

Asset Database - GB

What can you find in it?

  • A database of every GB BESS asset that Modo tracks

  • Assets, their GSP zone/DNO region, their owners and operators, connection type, commissioning date, integrator, developer, manufacturer, whether or not it's a BMU.

What can you use it for?

  • Information about specific assets

  • Map BMU IDs to generator names

  • Get data on installed MWs by owner

  • Get data on installed MWs by operator/optimiser

  • Identify new assets, by filtering commissioning date

Monthly Leaderboard

What can you find in it?

  • Leaderboard results per calendar month ranking performance of GB BESS Assets

  • Owners and operators for assets

  • Whether or not assets are BMUs

  • Assets' performance per calendar month - including all markets

  • Can toggle units

  • Can toggle to include/exclude capacity market contracts

  • Revenues for the year to date

  • Cycles per day

What can you use it for?

  • Examine the revenues and strategies of a particular asset in a particular month

  • See how assets ranked over time

  • View owners and operators of specific assets

  • Can use filtering to identify specific features of assets

Monthly BESS Index

What can you find in it?

  • Live average monthly revenue benchmark for GB battery assets

  • Aggregated revenue of assets of 1hr duration (marked 1), 2hr duration (marked 2) and all durations (marked *).

  • Includes total assets' (active that day) rated power and energy capacity, and revenue

  • Splits revenue out by revenue stream and duration.

What can you use it for?

  • Can track revenue changes across the GB BESS fleet

  • Can look at historic revenues on a less granular level

DX Results Summary

What can you find in it?

  • Details of all clearing prices and accepted volumes in the Dynamic Containment, Dynamic Moderation and Dynamic Regulation services

  • Cleared volume (in MW) per specific EFA block

What can you use it for?

  • Exploring highest/lowest clearing prices in the different DX/D-suite frequency response markets

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