Electricity Generating Power Plants, by Primary Fuel Generation Category, USA
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This dataset was derived from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database
(eGRID2012 Version 1.0). <br /> <br /> http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/egrid/index.html <br /> <br /> These
data were downloaded in MS EXCEL format and converted to a feature class in a geodatabase. <br /> <br /> eGRID2012 Version
1.0 is the eighth edition of eGRID, which contains the complete release of year 2009 data, as well as year 2007 data contained
in eGRID2010 Version 1.1 that was released in May 2011, year 2005 data contained in eGRID2007 Version 1.1 that was released
in January 2009, and year 2004 data contained in eGRID2006 Version 2.1 that was released in Spring 2007. <br /> <br /> The
Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics
of almost all electric power generated in the United States. The preeminent source of emissions data for the electric power
sector, eGRID is based on available plant specific data for all U.S. electricity generating plants that provide power to the
electric grid and report data to the U.S. government. Data reported include generation in megawatt-hour (MWh); resource mix
(for renewable and nonrenewable generation); emissions in tons for carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and sulfur
dioxide (SO2); emissions in pounds for methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and mercury (Hg); emission rates for CO2, NOx, and
SO2 (in both pounds per megawatt-hour [lb/MWh]) and pounds per million British thermal unit [lb/MMBtu]) and for CH4, N2O,
and Hg (in pounds per gigawatthour [lb/GWh]) and Hg (in pounds per billion Btu [lb/BBtu]); heat input in MMBtu; and nameplate
capacity in megawatts (MW). eGRID reports this information on an annual basis (as well as by ozone season for NOx emissions
and emission rates, net generation and resource mix, and heat input) at different levels of aggregation (plant, companies,
and grid regions of the country). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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Title Electricity Generating Power Plants, by Primary Fuel Generation Category, USA