Competition
Unveiling Trends in Renewable Energy 🌍🔋 - The Data Analyst Wizard
The race to net-zero emissions is heating up. As nations work to combat climate change and meet rising energy demands, renewable energy has emerged as a cornerstone of the clean transition. Solar, wind, and hydro are revolutionizing how we power our lives. Some countries are leading the charge, while others are falling behind. But which nations are making the biggest impact? What’s driving their success? And what lessons can we learn to accelerate green energy transition? As a data scientist at NextEra Energy, one of the world’s leading renewable energy providers, your role is to move beyond exploration, into prediction. Using a rich, real-world dataset, you’ll build models to forecast renewable energy production, drawing on indicators like GDP, population, carbon emissions, and policy metrics. With the world watching, your model could help shape smarter investments, forward-thinking policies, and a faster transition to clean energy. 🔮⚡🌱
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Your challenge
As a data analyst at NextEra Energy, your mission is to explore a rich, multi-dimensional dataset and uncover powerful insights about global renewable energy trends. Your submission should focus on:
- Which regions are investing the most efficiently in renewables?
- How do economic, environmental, and policy factors relate to production levels?
- Create at least one compelling visualization to showcase a key insight about global renewable energy trends.
How to get started
Create your most insightful analysis using DataLab, our in-browser tool to write, run, and publish data analyses. Once you’ve finished your work, you’ll need to publish it for review.
Judging criteria
This competition will not be judged. Use this opportunity to apply your Excel skills, and compare your work with your peers after the competition ends! Once the competition concludes, you'll have the opportunity to view and vote for the best submissions.
Rules
- Entries to the competition take the form of a workbook publication. Make sure the competition publication is publicly visible in order to be entered into the competition.
- Your publication should be focused on data provided within the competition.
- The competition is open and free to registered DataCamp users.
- Only one entry per user. You may update your entry up to the deadline.
- Make sure your competition workbook is published by the competition deadline in order for it to be valid.
- You can check the time left to submit on the counter at the top of this page.
Note: Please make sure you're 18+ years old and are allowed to take part in a skill-based competition from your country.
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How will I get my prize? Are there any conditions?
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Are teams allowed?
Not yet, but we are exploring this opportunity for future competitions.