CERF Visualization: Projected locations of new natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) in Wyoming, USA (2020-2050)

Vernon, Chris R.; Mongird, Kendall; Thurber, Travis; Rice, Jennie S.

doi:10.57931/2562770

Title: CERF Visualization: Projected locations of new natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) in Wyoming, USA (2020-2050)

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Visualization of CERF outputs for years 2030-2050 in 5-year time steps for a region in Wyoming, USA. This visualization was built using a custom CesiumJS application. The region of interest was zoomed into and then the app shows the layered application of natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) suitability criteria, show the siting for each year in planform, simulates the selection of a site using Net Locational Cost, and then zooms into to show a single functional gas plant and simulates its connection to the grid.

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Publication Date:: Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2025

Research Org.:: MultiSector Dynamics - Living, Intuitive, Value-adding, Environment

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Subject:: CERF; Gas Power Plant; IM3

OSTI Identifier:: 2562770

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.57931/2562770

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                    Vernon, Chris R., Mongird, Kendall, Thurber, Travis, and Rice, Jennie S. CERF Visualization: Projected locations of new natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) in Wyoming, USA (2020-2050).  United States: N. p., 2025. 
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                    Vernon, Chris R., Mongird, Kendall, Thurber, Travis, & Rice, Jennie S. CERF Visualization: Projected locations of new natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) in Wyoming, USA (2020-2050).  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.57931/2562770

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                    Vernon, Chris R., Mongird, Kendall, Thurber, Travis, and Rice, Jennie S. 2025.  
"CERF Visualization: Projected locations of new natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) in Wyoming, USA (2020-2050)".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.57931/2562770.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2562770. Pub date:Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2025

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  title        = {CERF Visualization: Projected locations of new natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) in Wyoming, USA (2020-2050)},

  author       = {Vernon, Chris R. and Mongird, Kendall and Thurber, Travis and Rice, Jennie S.},

  abstractNote = {Visualization of CERF outputs for years 2030-2050 in 5-year time steps for a region in Wyoming, USA.  This visualization was built using a custom CesiumJS application.  The region of interest was zoomed into and then the app shows the layered application of natural gas combined cycle power plants (with recirculating cooling) suitability criteria, show the siting for each year in planform, simulates the selection of a site using Net Locational Cost, and then zooms into to show a single functional gas plant and simulates its connection to the grid.},

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