A National Thermal Generator Performance Database

This submission contains cleaned and filtered data from the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Markets CAM database of thermal power plant operation and performance.
22 Data Resources
Name Size Type Resource Description History
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Piecewise_Fits.csv 389.52 KB Data Piecewise-linear heat input fits.
DEPRECATED CEMS_Heat_Rates_2015-2016.csv 946.21 KB Data Polynomial heat rate fit data for all generator types.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Boiler_Wood.csv 6.41 MB Data Filtered data for wood boilers.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Boiler_Wood.csv 6.42 MB Data Filtered data for wood boilers without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Stoker_Wood.csv 8.45 MB Data Filtered data for wood stokers without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Stoker_Wood.csv 8.42 MB Data Filtered data for wood stokers.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Combustion_turbine_Diesel_Oil.csv 8.75 MB Data Filtered data for diesel oil combustion turbines.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Combustion_turbine_Diesel_Oil.csv 8.86 MB Data Filtered data for diesel oil combustion turbines without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Boiler_Diesel_Oil.csv 9.66 MB Data Filtered data for diesel oil boilers.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Boiler_Diesel_Oil.csv 9.73 MB Data Filtered data for diesel oil boilers without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Boiler_Natural_Gas.csv 141.75 MB Data Filtered data for natural gas boilers.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Boiler_Natural_Gas.csv 142.22 MB Data Filtered data for natural gas boilers without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Combustion_turbine_Natural_Gas.csv 238.28 MB Data Filtered data for natural gas combustion turbines.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Combustion_turbine_Natural_Gas.csv 240.24 MB Data Filtered data for natural gas combustion turbine without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Combined_Cycle.csv 734.62 MB Data Filtered data for combined cycle units.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered_Boiler_Coal.csv 993.08 MB Data Filtered data for coal boilers.
DEPRECATED CEMS_2015-2016_Filtered-ND_Boiler_Coal.csv 998.35 MB Data Filtered data for coal boilers without density filter.
DEPRECATED CEMS_Generic_Heat_Rates.zip 3.16 KB Archive Generic heat rate fits for all generator types.
CEMS_2016-2017_Heat_Rates.zip 539.26 KB Archive Corrected Heat Rates as CSV
CEMS_2016-2017_Filtered.zip 183.99 MB Archive Time series broken out separately by plant type
CEMS_2016-2017_Piecewise_Fits.zip 320.21 KB Archive Piecewise fits
CEMS_Generic_Heat_Rates.zip 5.94 KB Archive Generic values
Author Information
Michael Rossol, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9351-8404
Gregory Brinkman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Grant Buster, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8616-8100
Paul Denholm, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Joshua Novacheck, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Gordon Stephen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1619-5151
Cite This Dataset
Rossol, Michael, Gregory Brinkman, Grant Buster, Paul Denholm, Joshua Novacheck, and Gordon Stephen. 2018. "A National Thermal Generator Performance Database." NREL Data Catalog. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Last updated: September 16, 2022. DOI: 10.7799/1499030.
About This Dataset
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10.7799/1499030
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Public
09/16/2022
DOE Project
North American Renewable Integration Study
Facilities
High Performance Computing Center (HPC)
Funding Organization
Department of Energy (DOE)
Research Areas
Energy Analysis
Energy Systems Integration
License
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Digital Object Identifier
10.7799/1499030