EIA Thermoelectric Water Cooling Data

Published by U.S. Energy Information Administration | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-08-13T14:01:45Z

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects water cooling data for the electric power industry in the United States. This submission includes annual data from 2014 to 2019. Each spreadsheet details the generator type, fuel consumption, water consumption, cooling type, and equipment status, location, and water source for each plant.

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bureauCode	[ "019:20" ]
dataQuality	true
DOI	10.7481/1787563
identifier	https://data.openei.org/submissions/6465
issued	2020-10-22T06:00:00Z
landingPage	https://data.openei.org/submissions/6465
programCode	[ "019:000", "019:009" ]
projectNumber	36496
projectTitle	NAWI Integrated Data and Analysis
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