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This data set shows the locations of more than 3,000 North American power-generating facilities using fossil fuel sources, and includes information on each plant’s primary fuel; the generating capacity; and the air emissions of SO2, NOx, Hg, PM2.5, PM10, CH4, N2O, and CO2. The data were assembled primarily from the three North American countries’ national emission inventories: the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) in Canada; the National Emissions Inventory of Mexico (INEM), which is compiled from publicly available databases and reports; and the EPA emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID2007) and the EPA 2005 National Emissions Inventory (NEI) in the United States. These data were developed for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s 2011 publication: North American Power Plant Air Emissions
Fossil fuels are the main energy source used for electricity generation in North America; they are used to produce almost two-thirds of the electricity consumed.
The data used to create these maps were provided by multiple agencies from each country.
Canada:
National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), 2005
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program (GHGRP), 2005
Statistics Canada, 2005
United States of America:
Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID2007), 2007
National Emissions Inventory (NEI), 2005
Mexico
Inventario Nacional de Emisiones de México (INEM), 2005
Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE), 2005
Secretaría de Energía (SENER), 2005
Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), 2005
Comisión de Cooperación Ambiental, 2009
Estimación de Emisiones de Contaminantes Atmosféricos por Uso de Combustibles Fósiles en el Sector Eléctrico Mexicano