Simple Dispatch method for modeling the U.S. power sector and simulating marginal emissions factors (MEFs)
Published in Environmental Science and Technology:
last edited: 2019-07-15
#Files included:
#Python files:
simple_dispatch.py #runs the simple_dispatch program
mefs_from_dispatch.py #calculates and plots hourly marginal emissions factors from the dispatch data
reducedOrderDispatchModelForSimulatingMarginalEmissionsFactors.py #runs the code needed to generate the figures in the Environmental Science and Technology publication
#Data files:
ferc 714 data from here: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms/form-714/data.asp
ferc 714 ids available on the simple_dispatch github repository
egrid data from here: https://www.epa.gov/energy/emissions-generation-resource-integrated-database-egrid
eia 923 data from here: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/
cems data from here: ftp://newftp.epa.gov/DmDnLoad/emissions/hourly/monthly/
easiur data from here: https://barney.ce.cmu.edu/~jinhyok/easiur/online/
fuel_default_prices.xlsx compiled from data from https://www.eia.gov/
#Python objects
generator_data_short_NERC_YEAR.obj objects contain cleaned generator data created by the simple_dispatch.generatorData class