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General Structure

The dataset combines the data of all the data sources listed in Data-Sources and provides the following information:

  • Power plant name - claim of each database
  • Fueltype - {Solid Biomass, Biogas, Geothermal, Hard Coal, Hydro, Lignite, Nuclear, Natural Gas, Oil, Solar, Wind, Other}
  • Technology - {CCGT, OCGT, Steam Turbine, Combustion Engine, Run-Of-River, Pumped Storage, Reservoir}
  • Set - {Power Plant (PP), Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Storages (Stores)}
  • Capacity - [MW]
  • Duration - Maximum state of charge capacity in terms of hours at full output capacity
  • Dam Information - Dam volume [Mm^3] and Dam Height [m]
  • Geo-position - Latitude, Longitude
  • Country - EU-27 + CH + NO (+ UK) minus Cyprus and Malta
  • YearCommissioned - Commmisioning year of the powerplant
  • RetroFit - Year of last retrofit
  • projectID - Immutable identifier of the power plant

All data files of the package will be stored in the folder given by pm.core.package_config['data_dir']

Data Sources