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A National Thermal Generator Performance Database

Published by National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-12-18T17:36:27Z
This submission contains cleaned and filtered data from the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Markets CAM database of thermal power plant operation and performance.

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  • Filtered data for coal boilers without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for diesel oil boilers without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for natural gas boilers without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for wood boilers without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for combined cycle units.

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  • Filtered data for diesel oil combustion turbines without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for natural gas combustion turbine without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for wood stokers without density filter.

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  • Filtered data for coal boilers.

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  • Filtered data for diesel oil boilers.

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  • Filtered data for natural gas boilers.

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  • Filtered data for wood boilers.

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  • Filtered data for diesel oil combustion turbines.

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  • Filtered data for natural gas combustion turbines.

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  • Filtered data for wood stokers.

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  • Piecewise-linear heat input fits.

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  • Time series broken out separately by plant type

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  • Corrected Heat Rates as CSV

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  • Piecewise fits

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  • Generic heat rate fits for all generator types.

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  • Generic values

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  • Polynomial heat rate fit data for all generator types.

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identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8184
issued 2018-12-05T22:09:09Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "boiler",
  "coal",
  "combustion",
  "diesel",
  "heat rate",
  "natural gas",
  "oil",
  "part load",
  "thermal performance",
  "thermal plant",
  "turbine",
  "wood"
]
landingPage https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/100
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2024-12-18T17:36:27Z
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projectNumber GO28308
projectTitle North American Renewable Integration Study
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  "name": "National Renewable Energy Laboratory",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
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title A National Thermal Generator Performance Database

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