Editions cite indicator codes, evidence identifiers and project stages compactly. This page explains them. Definitions follow the project’s reviewed indicator catalogue. A definition being validated does not mean that every observation of it is.
Evidence labels
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| V / Validated | The project checked the stated source claim or calculation within its recorded scope. A checked company claim is still a company claim. |
| C / Candidate | Extracted but not yet reviewed. Extraction confidence is not evidence confidence. |
| Interpretation | The analyst’s inference from evidence. |
| Hypothesis (H1–H6) | A proposition under test, with stated conditions that would change the view. See the thesis tracker. |
EI-E… | Identifier of a validated evidence record. Editions resolve them in their evidence appendix. |
EI-P4-E… | Identifier of a candidate record from the Phase 4 pilot. |
Grouped identifiers, for example two records from one source, are not independent votes. See Methodology for the full reading key.
Dates
- Research cutoff: the last date the edition’s evidence was assembled.
- Observation period: the period a number measures, such as 2024 or 2025-H2. It is usually earlier than the cutoff.
- Source date: when the publisher released or revised the source.
- Snapshot date: when the project captured the source copy it checked.
An edition dated October can rely mostly on 2024 observations; the edition says so explicitly.
Project stages
- Phase 3 baseline: the validated, snapshot-backed set of observations that current editions use.
- Phase 4 pilot: an offline replay that re-extracted claims from source snapshots already captured for Phase 3, to test an evidence-acquisition workflow. It produced no findings newer than Phase 3. Its records stay candidates until human review, and re-extraction is not independent confirmation.
Key terms
| Term | Meaning on this site |
|---|---|
| Clean Growth Ratio (CGR, K03) | Annual increase in clean generation (renewables and nuclear) divided by the annual increase in the system supply requirement. Below 1, clean growth did not cover the extra supply. |
| Supply requirement | Gross domestic generation plus net imports, as reported. Not billed consumption or peak load. |
| Band-IC price | Eurostat’s non-household electricity price for annual consumption of 500–2,000 MWh, excluding VAT and recoverable taxes. A reference, not a specific factory tariff. |
| Nameplate energy | The rated energy capacity of storage in MWh or GWh. Not usable energy, delivered power or annual throughput. |
| Useful heat | Heat actually delivered to the process. Comparing electric and gas heating requires matching useful heat, not fuel input. |
| COP | Coefficient of performance: useful heat delivered per unit of electricity, for a heat pump at stated temperatures. |
| Matched service | The same output, timing, reliability and location compared across technologies. Cost comparisons without it are inputs, not conclusions. |
| Materials chain | System change → technology → component → material → property requirement → opportunity or risk. |
Indicator codes (K01–K20)
“Definition” shows whether the indicator’s definition is validated or still provisional. It says nothing about the confidence of any particular observation.
| Code | Indicator | Unit | Thesis | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K01 | Clean electricity share | % | H1 | Validated |
| K02 | Wind + solar share | % | H1, H2 | Validated |
| K03 | Clean Growth Ratio | ratio | H1 | Provisional |
| K04 | Fossil electricity generation, year on year | % | H1 | Validated |
| K05 | Solar generation growth | % | H1, H2 | Validated |
| K06 | Operational battery nameplate-energy additions | GWh/year | H2 | Validated |
| K07 | Stationary battery pack cost | USD/kWh | H2 | Provisional |
| K08 | Matched-service cost of solar + storage vs gas | ratio | H2 | Provisional |
| K09 | Observed battery flexibility for solar integration | MW | H2 | Provisional |
| K10 | Electricity share of final energy | % | H3 | Validated |
| K11 | EV sales share | % | H3 | Validated |
| K12 | EV fleet share | % | H3 | Validated |
| K13 | Heat pump sales | units/year | H3 | Provisional |
| K14 | Process-specific industrial electrification deployment | per process | H3, H4 | Provisional |
| K15 | Industrial electricity price spread by region | EUR/MWh | H4 | Validated |
| K16 | Electricity-to-gas useful-heat cost ratio | ratio | H4 | Validated |
| K17 | Industrial heat pump useful-heat cost | USD/MWhth | H4 | Validated |
| K18 | Grid investment | USD/year | H5 | Provisional |
| K19 | Grid connection lead time | months | H5 | Validated |
| K20 | Transformer / cable lead time | months | H5 | Validated |
Edition 001 uses a reference variant of K15: the EU band-IC price itself, not a regional spread. K08, K09, K12, K16, K19 and K20 were not yet observed in that edition; they are the gaps its theses name.