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References:

GEO data for emissions from power plants is viewable at http://globalenergyobservatory.org/. 2004-2009 data are obtained from Environment Canada. Earlier data for Ontario are from annual reports of Ontario Power.
EDGAR dataset is from: EDGAR_v41_CO2_2005_IPCC_1A1_ENE.txt retrieved from http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php on 3/2/2011
CARMA dataset is from: http://www.CARMA.org downloaded on 3/2/2011.

Comments on Comparison:

GEO Data: Most power plants are geolocated so we use GEO values for the reference coordinates
GEO Data: Does not include N2O and CH4 emissions in calculating effective CO2 emissions as these data were not included in the CARMA or EDGAR data.
GEO Projection: Two estimates are provided for 2011. (i) median of existing data shown in the table. (ii) Extrapolation using a linear regression fit.
EDGAR Data: Includes "all industrial" emissions from a 0.1° x 0.1° coordinate grid cell. We use their convention of locating the reference coordinate point at the lower left corner of the grid cell. In addition to data from the cell matching GEO coordinates, we list emission data from EDGAR for the 8 surrounding cells since we did not find a correlation with data in GEO.
CARMA Data: Gives estimates of emissions from power plants for 3 time periods: 2000, 2007, and an unspecified "next decade" which we label CARMA 2015. Data were matched with GEO by plant name and not location.
GEO and CARMA Comparison: Emissions data should match as both data sets include emissions only from power plants.
GEO and EDGAR Comparison: GEO estimates should be smaller than EDGAR since EDGAR data are an aggregate over all industrial sources. The two sets of data do not match geo-spatially or in value

Visualize GEO Data:



CO2 emissions (tonnes) from Power Plants in Canada


Comparison of GEO data with EDGAR (2005) and CARMA (2007) data


Coal Power Plants CO2 Emitted (Tonnes/Year)

Plant NameData in GEOGEO Projection for 2011Data in CARMAEDGAR Data with values for 8 surrounding 0.1° x 0.1° grid cells for Year 2005
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010MedianLinear ExtrapolationCARMA 2000CARMA 2007CARMA 2015At GEO CoordinatesTop leftLeftBottom LeftTopBottomTop RightRightBottom Right
Boundary Dam Coal Power Station Canada
Coordinates: 49.096, -103.031
Design Capacity: 813 (MWe)
----657085066976056817669643729168451737264202-6757637722587174378746814355685821834035771702738174617871861
Atikokan Coal Generating Station Canada
Coordinates: 48.838, -91.571
Design Capacity: 230 (MWe)
102000085000088900099600011774181105064849948751789412389199600-869500366440101417084953586900541367418111
Battle River Coal Generating Station Canada
Coordinates: 52.468, -112.134
Design Capacity: 670 (MWe)
----502294452858385258290510416850510425147641-512590551147705960783548129555216955654471996542154
Belledune Coal Generating Station Canada
Coordinates: 47.904, -65.865
Design Capacity: 450 (MWe)
----309000031882452893404294000031500003030268-3060134300149331951122891998294365413-16515756255723--
Brandon Coal Power Plant Canada
Coordinates: 49.845, -99.89
Design Capacity: 105 (MWe)
----355577585053387957475471465802167265-42688025038632554838776842119793727015780169019100414494587
Genesee Coal Generating Station Canada
Coordinates: 53.344, -114.304
Design Capacity: 1310 (MWe)
----67334978873134966092794282018315862948967190697449150668102771727440496961420013967800426535396633684931
Grand Lake Coal Generating Station Canada (Shutdown)
Coordinates: 46.057, -66.005
Design Capacity: 57 (MWe)
----270000250000190000422000175000288760---239531189908193140111092605103311412381414
H.R.Milner Coal Generating Station Canada
Coordinates: 54.007, -119.104
Design Capacity: 150 (MWe)
----959369914098943207983179752295971698-951288871296---1119351572111
Lakeview Coal Power Plant Canada (Shutdown)
Coordinates: 43.572, -79.55
Design Capacity: (MWe)
27000002760000234000027300002320000719000----------75073803341069502284630053-5130787483-
Lambton Coal Generating Station Canada
Coordinates: 42.797, -82.469
Design Capacity: 1050 (MWe)
10800000942000089900009500000716960086920006451000845900063730003729000-8575500420618279864456450565654139616783203464574308271442197124113
Lingan Coal Generating Station, Canada
Coordinates: 46.236, -60.04
Design Capacity: 600 (MWe)
----446551244171304114209426142241170833927475-41892533774453455366341124904155852498-38158764797-3699-10125