Coal Power Plant Reinvestment Visualization Tool

Dataset · Fri Feb 10 04:00:00 EST 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.18141/1923899· OSTI ID:1923899

Laboratory, National Energy Technology ^[1]; Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National

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1. National Energy Technology Laboratory

This tool, available at https://energycommunities.gov/coal-power-plant-reinvestment-visualization-tool/, serves as a public database and map for the purposes of enabling state and local economic development officials, project developers, and power plant owners to identify and pursue opportunities for plant and community reinvestment. The Coal Power Plant Reinvestment Visualization Tool focuses on coal power plants that have been closed or set-to-retire, alongside key infrastructure characteristics that are relevant for potential redevelopment reinvestment opportunities, including the opportunity to query these data based off pre-defined or user-set queries to identify opportunities for coal power facility reinvestment to support solar, wind, manufacturing, and nuclear. These Data for visualization and query include, but are not limited to: • Electric Transmission Lines • EPA Brownfield Sites (assessed with Federal funding) • Petroleum Terminals • Ports • Railroads • Others The tool will be updated periodically to provide relevant information to enable state and local economic development officials, project developers, and power plant owners to identify and pursue opportunities for economic revitalization and community reinvestment. Within this application data are focused on U.S. power plants with coal generation, where at least one on-site generator utilizes or utilized coal as a fuel source, including planned retirements through 2058 (EIA, 2024). Additional information on energy communities and revitalization opportunities can be accessed on the Interagency Working Group on Coal & Power Plant Communities & Economic Revitalization Energy Communities website (https://energycommunities.gov).

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory - Energy Data eXchange; NETL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Policy (OP)
• OSTI ID: 1923899
• Report Number(s): d3510bea-9888-4057-b6ff-dc5cef9a63bc
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Closures
Coal
Energy Transitions
Power Plants
Repurposing
United States