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Air emissions fields (CO2, NOx, SOx, ...) for thermal power plants #1

Open loganbyers opened 6 years ago

loganbyers commented 6 years ago

Description

Emission information is critical for uses in climate, air quality, and policy. There are several emission species with different priorities for different stakeholders.

High Need

Full Emission List

Possible Steps to Acquisition

  1. Compile map of data source -> { countries, emission species }
  2. ETL

Possible Data Sources

Challenges

CO2 equivalent vs CO2

CO2e is commonly reported, and there are various accounting methods in use.

Estimated vs Measured Emissions

Time scales of accounting

Additional Info

keywords: emissions, air pollution, greenhouse gas, GHG, GHGs