This notebook is part of the project Open Power System Data. Open Power System Data develops a platform for free and open data for electricity system modeling. We collect, check, process, document, and provide data that are publicly available but currently inconvenient to use. More info on Open Power System Data:
- Information on the project on our website
- Data and metadata on our data platform
- Data processing scripts on our GitHub page
This file is a Jupyter Notebook. A Jupyter Notebook is a file that combines executable programming code with visualizations and comments in markdown format, allowing for an intuitive documentation of the code. We use Jupyter Notebooks for combined coding and documentation. We use Python 3 as programming language. All Notebooks are stored on GitHub, a platform for software development, and are publicly available. More information on our IT-concept can be found here. See also our step-by-step manual how to use the dataplatform.
We provide data in different chunks, or datapackages. The one you are looking at is on conventional power plants,
This notebook processes data on conventional power plants for Germany as well as other European countries. The data includes individual power plants with their technical characteristics. These include installed capacity, main energy source, type of technology, CHP capability, and geographical information.
We use as publicly available data sources, which includes national statistical offices, ministries, regulatory authorities, transmission system operators, as well as other associations. All data sources are listed in the datapackage.json file including their link.
- "BNetzA Kraftwerksliste" Download
- "Umweltbundesamt Datenbank Kraftwerke in Deutschland" Download
- For efficiency estimation: Jonas Egerer, Clemens Gerbaulet, Richard Ihlenburg, Friedrich Kunz, Benjamin Reinhard, Christian von Hirschhausen, Alexander Weber, Jens Weibezahn (2014): Electricity Sector Data for Policy-Relevant Modeling: Data Documentation and Applications to the German and European Electricity Markets. DIW Data Documentation 72, Berlin, Germany. Download
- Other sources, e.g. for efficiency and georeferencing, are provided in the file
- AT: Verbund AG (Austrian utility), Our hydro power plants Download. Source links for conventional units are given in the column "source" of the power plant list
- BE: ELIA (Belgian transmission system operator), Generation facilities Download
- CH: BFE (Swiss Federal Office of Energy), Statistik der Wasserkraftanlagen der Schweiz Download and Nuclear energy Download
- CZ: CEPS (Czech transmission system operator), Available capacity Download
- DK: Energinet.dk (Danish transmission system operator), Energinet.dk's assumptions for analysis Download
- ES: SEDE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism), Productores (in Conjunto de Datos) Download
- FI: Energy Authority, Power plant register Download
- FR: RTE (French tranmission system operator), List of production units of more than 100 MW Download
- IT: TERNA (Italian transmission network operator), Installed generation capacity 2014 Download
- NL: TenneT (Dutch transmission system operator), Available capacity in 2016 Download
- NO: Nordpool (Power exchange), Power plant units (installed generation capacity larger than 100 MW) Download (Link is not working as data has been deleted by Nordpool)
- PL: GPI (Exchange Information Platform by the Polish Power Exchange), List of generation units Download
- SE: Nordpool (Power exchange), Installed generation capacity larger than 100 MW per unit in Sweden (17.12.2014) Download (Link is not working as data has been deleted by Nordpool)
- SI: Several sources, Source links of data are given in the column "source" of the power plant list
- SK: SEAS (Slovakian utility), Power plants Download
- UK: Statistical Office, Power stations in the United Kingdom, May 2015 (DUKES 5.10) Download
Beside the listed publicly available sources, additional, but decentralized, information on individual power plants are available (e.g. on operator's webpages). We therefore aim to continuously extend the lists by these information.
The following standardized notation is used in this datapackage for energy sources, technology type:
| Original Name in BNetzA-List | model output | Full name |
|---|---|---|
| Steinkohle | coal | Hard coal |
| Erdgas | natural_gas | Natural Gas |
| Braunkohle | lignite | Lignite |
| Kernenergie | uranium | Uranium |
| Pumpspeicher | pumped_storage | Pumped Storage (Water) |
| Biomasse | biomass | Biomass |
| Mineralölprodukte | oil | Mineral oil products |
| Laufwasser | hydro | Water (run of river) |
| Sonstige Energieträger (nicht erneuerbar) | other_non_renewable | Other Fuels (not renewable) |
| Abfall | waste | Waste |
| Speicherwasser (ohne Pumpspeicher) | reservoir | Reservoir |
| Unbekannter Energieträger (nicht erneuerbar) | unknown_non_renewable | Unknown (not renewable) |
| Mehrere Energieträger (nicht erneuerbar) | multiple_non_renewable | Multiple (not renewable) |
| Deponiegas | gas_landfill | Landfill gas |
| Windenergie (Onshore-Anlage) | wind_onshore | Onshore wind |
| Windenergie (Offshore-Anlage) | wind_offshore | Offshore Wind |
| Solare Strahlungsenergie | solar | Solar energy |
| Klärgas | gas_sewage | Sewage Gas |
| Geothermie | geothermal | Geothermal energy |
| Grubengas | gas_mine | Mine Gas |
| CHP Type abbreviation | Full name |
|---|---|
| CHP | Combined heat and power |
| IPP | Industrial power plant |
This notebook as well as all other documents in this repository is published under the MIT License.