Fossil fuel power stations

Authors / CoAuthors

Sait, R. | Porritt, K.

Abstract

The fossil fuel webmap contains locations of Australian fossil fuel power stations that are greater than 20MW. Each power station has such information as fuel type, technology used, size (MW), ownership, latitude and longitude and data source. Web links and site photographs are provided where possible. A download feature is provided for clients who want the base data.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

39334

Contact for the resource

Custodian

Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

GIS DatasetRegional

( Theme )

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Earth Sciences

Published_Internal

Publication Date

2001-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Access - restricted

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

biannually

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

The data used in the webmap comes from many different sources, including: * Australian Energy News (Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Canberra) * Electricity Australia Annual Report (Electricity Supply Association of Australia) * Company websites * Personal communications * Queensland Government Mining and Energy Journal * Australian Financial Review (AFR) * The Australian The original data was collected into an Excel spreadsheet during 1998 at the then Bureau of Resources Sciences (part of the Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Canberra). In 1999 the group responsible for the data transferred to the Geoscience Australia (part of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Canberra) and the original spreadsheet was used as the base for the creation of a fossil fuel power stations Geographic Information System shapefile using ArcView3 software. Subsequently, freeware software was used to display this GIS shapefile in the final webmap product. The webmap is updated approximately every six months from changes compiled from site email responses, GA's daily scanning of the media and advice received form the Australian Greenhouse Office.

Parent Information

Extents

[-44.0, -8.0, 108.0, 156.0]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Downloads and Links