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GEO is a set of free interactive databases and tools built collaboratively by people like you

GOAL: to promote an understanding, on a global scale, of the dynamics of change in energy systems, quantify emissions and their impacts, and accelerate the transition to carbon-neutral, environmentally benign energy systems while providing affordable energy to all.

By providing easy to use and visualize data, models and analysis tools we aim to engage the public and the experts.

Data in GEO can be edited from anywhere in the world.

We invite collaborations to help build GEO.

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Database last updated on 2018年12月11日 02:16:04

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References for Energy Systems

Analyses based on Data in GEO

Overall Structure of Data in GEO

Our Goal

To collect data at the individual plant/system level and build tools to aggregate and analyze interconnected energy systems at regional and national level.

The global energy data is organized into 4 "Categories", each subdivided into "Types"

POWER PLANTS: (Types = Coal, Gas, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Oil, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Waste and Wind)
FUELS AND RESOURCES: (Types = Oil and Gas Fields; Coal and Uranium mines; Crude Oil Refineries; Solar, Wind and Biomass Potential; CO2 sequestration, Water Resources)
ENERGY TRANSMISSION: (Types = Oil and Gas Pipelines; Coal, LNG, Oil Ports; Rail and Road links; Shipping Lanes; Electric Power Grid)
ENERGY CONSUMERS: (Types = Industries, Population, Economic Activity, Towns and Cities)

Data for each "Type" is further subdivided by

Country
State/Province/Region (primary geographical division within a country)

Data for each individual infrastructure system is displayed in a formatted factsheet with the following modular structure (See Help and Glossary files for details)

IDENTIFIER: Name, IDs, overall ratings, and user selected default currency used for all money related/cost data on this page
LOCATION: Precise Geo-spatial location using Google tools. Users can also add polylines for establishing links and polygons for showing footprint and impacted areas
DESCRIPTION: This module contains a number of data fields that describe the plant
UNIT INFORMATION: Captures information on the different units that make up a system. For each unit we also record the year in which emission control and monitoring devices were installed
ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE: Table of individual infrastructure units related to this system. This is a menu driven facility to allow users to either link to data already in GEO or add a note. All placemarks, polylines and polygons marking a units and its associated infrastructure are displayed using API to Google Maps in individual factsheets.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: This table captures the category of the environmental issue and a short description of it (1000 characters)
MAJOR UPGRADES: This table captures a short description of major upgrades (1000 characters), their cost in selected currency and the years over which the upgrade was accomplished
OWNER AND OPERATOR INFORMATION: List of owners (with percentage share) and type of ownership, unit operators, and regulatory authority
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE: Annual performance figures arranged by decades for ease of view. This module includes a facility to plot selected data-fields versus years
COMMENTS: Table of comments (each up to 1000 characters)
REFERENCES: Table of references (each up to 1000 characters)
NOTES: Caveats, clarifying notes, abbreviations, and system of units used

Tools to manipulate and analyze data are summarized in Overview of Tools and Features

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