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Note that electricitymap.org does not have a complete model of the grid and the involved power plants so the estimates should not be trusted blindly.
by olau 5y ago
Note that electricitymap.org does not have a complete model of the grid and the involved power plants so the estimates should not be trusted blindly.
- vonadz 5y agoIn regards to plant data, https://findenergy.com/power-plants/ https://findenergy.com/power-plants/ is pretty interesting source, although it's not in real time. We ended up using EPA recommendations for emission coefficients (https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-07/documents/emission-factors_2014.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-07/documents/em...) but at one point we experimented with using a UN study that had emission factors listed for renewables and nuclear (I think they took into account the construction of plants), and nuclear was at something like 25 KG of CO2/MWh compared to most coal plants that are around 1000 KG of CO2/MWh.