Besides the EIA’s GIS layers relating to energy, mentioned elsewhere, another excellent source for US energy infrastructure data is the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD), which includes datasets on energy infrastructure from many government agencies. These include geospatial data layers (GIS data) for pipelines, power plants, electrical transmission and more. For US power generation, the Environmental Protection Agency has their Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID). eGRID data includes the locations of all types of US electrical power generating facilities, including fuel used, generation capacity, and detailed effluent data.
At the right is an example of a map made using ArcGIS Pro using EPA’s eGRID data.
For international power plant data, the World Resources Institute’s (WRI’s) Global Power Plant Database includes data on around 30,000 plants, and some of WRI’s other datasets also relate to energy topics.
Energy storage can include the obvious battery technologies, but also pumped hydroelectric systems and even more novel schemes. The US DoE has a Global Energy Storage Database with information on “grid-connected energy storage projects and relevant state and federal policies.”
