The Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a comprehensive source of data on characteristics of almost all electric power generated in the United States. This data includes capacity; heat input; net generation; associated air emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and mercury; emissions rates; resource mix (i.e., generation by fuel type); nonbaseload calculations; line losses (a.k.a., grid gross loss); and many other attributes. The data is provided at the unit and generator levels, as well as, aggregated to the plant, state, balancing authority, eGRID subregion, NERC region, and US levels. As of January 2023, the available editions of eGRID contain data for years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, and 1996 through 2000.
Mean average *offshore* wind speeds in metres per second (m/s) at 50m above sea level. The wind speed data, modelled in 2003, covers the Irish Internal Waters and the Irish Territorial Sea up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers the same data in its Wind Atlas, a digital map of Ireland's wind energy resource (http://gis.seai.ie/wind). SEAI's wind speed datasets assist wind energy planners, developers and policy makers. __Background on 2003 wind maps__ The 2003 wind-mapping project was completed by ESB International and TrueWind Solutions for SEAI (then SEI). It predicted wind characteristics, at heights of 50m, 75m and 100m, spanning onshore and offshore. (Larger heights of 125m and 150m were later covered in SEAI’s 2013 wind-mapping project.) The resulting GIS maps cover onshore in 200m grids, and offshore in 400m grids. Generally, wind maps extend to 15km offshore, or occasionally 20km. About the 2003 methodology, it iterated a MesoMap system and a faster WindMap model through reducing grid sizes. MesoMap is built on MASS (Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System), a numerical weather model that embodied the fundamental physics of the atmosphere. Iterations through the nested grids accounted for local land elevation, land cover and roughness. Final iterations accounted for increased wind shear and reduced near-surface wind speed at less windy sites. The 2003 Wind-mapping Project Report is available [here](https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/Report_2003_Wind_Atlas.pdf).
Mean average *offshore* wind speeds in metres per second (m/s) at 75m above sea level. The wind speed data, modelled in 2003, covers the Irish Internal Waters and the Irish Territorial Sea up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers the same data in its Wind Atlas, a digital map of Ireland's wind energy resource (http://gis.seai.ie/wind). SEAI's wind speed datasets assist wind energy planners, developers and policy makers. __Background on 2003 wind maps__ The 2003 wind-mapping project was completed by ESB International and TrueWind Solutions for SEAI (then SEI). It predicted wind characteristics, at heights of 50m, 75m and 100m, spanning onshore and offshore. (Larger heights of 125m and 150m were later covered in SEAI’s 2013 wind-mapping project.) The resulting GIS maps cover onshore in 200m grids, and offshore in 400m grids. Generally, wind maps extend to 15km offshore, or occasionally 20km. About the 2003 methodology, it iterated a MesoMap system and a faster WindMap model through reducing grid sizes. MesoMap is built on MASS (Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System), a numerical weather model that embodied the fundamental physics of the atmosphere. Iterations through the nested grids accounted for local land elevation, land cover and roughness. Final iterations accounted for increased wind shear and reduced near-surface wind speed at less windy sites. The 2003 Wind-mapping Project Report is available [here](https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/Report_2003_Wind_Atlas.pdf).
The location and areas where offshore non-renewable energy is taking place and due to begin production around Ireland. The main commercial fields include the Corrib field off the Belmullet Peninsula and the Kinsale field in the Celtic Sea.
Annual air trends report in the form of an interactive web application. The report features a suite of visualization tools that allow the user to: -Learn about air pollution and how it can affect our health and environment. -Compare key air emissions to gross domestic product, vehicle miles traveled, population, and energy consumption back to 1970. -Take a closer look at how the number of days with unhealthy air has dropped since 2000 in 35 major US cities. -Explore how air quality and emissions have changed through time and space for each of the common air pollutants. -Check out air trends where you live. Users will also be able to share this content across social media, with one-click access to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other major social media sites.
Seascape effects of wind turbines up to 15km from shoreline are downloadable as GIS shapefiles. SEAI commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), completed in 2010, to inform policy-making in the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP). One set of SEA evaluations was seascape assessments. In 2014 the OREDP was published. (References to both reports below).A zipped collection of shapefiles in spatial reference system WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) is downloadable below. The shapefiles assign category values of seascape effects around the Irish coast (excl. N. Ireland). Appendices in SEA Volume 4 describe these category values in detail (reference below). All SEA volumes are accessible by using the search bar in SEAI's website (http://www.seai.ie).The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers wind-energy data in its Wind Atlas, a digital map of Ireland's wind energy resource (http://gis.seai.ie/wind). SEAI's wind-energy datasets assist wind energy planners, developers and policy makers. __References__ SEA Environmental Report Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary. October 2010. https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/OREDP-SEA-ER-Volume-1-Non-Technical-Summary.pdfSEA Environmental Report Volume 4: Appendices. October 2010. https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/OREDP-SEA-ER-Volume-4-Appendices.pdfOffshore Renewable Energy Development Plan — A Framework for the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Offshore Renewable Energy Resource. February 2014. https://assets.gov.ie/27215/2bc3cb73b6474beebbe810e88f49d1d4.pdf
Seascape effects of wind turbines up to 24km from shoreline are downloadable as GIS shapefiles.SEAI commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), completed in 2010, to inform policy-making in the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP). One set of SEA evaluations was seascape assessments. In 2014 the OREDP was published. (References to both reports below).A zipped collection of shapefiles in spatial reference system WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) is downloadable below. The shapefiles assign category values of seascape effects around the Irish coast (excl. N. Ireland). Appendices in SEA Volume 4 describe these category values in detail (reference below). All SEA volumes are accessible by using the search bar in SEAI's website (http://www.seai.ie).The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers wind-energy data in its Wind Atlas, a digital map of Ireland's wind energy resource (http://gis.seai.ie/wind). SEAI's wind-energy datasets assist wind energy planners, developers and policy makers. __References__ SEA Environmental Report Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary. October 2010. https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/OREDP-SEA-ER-Volume-1-Non-Technical-Summary.pdfSEA Environmental Report Volume 4: Appendices. October 2010. https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/OREDP-SEA-ER-Volume-4-Appendices.pdfOffshore Renewable Energy Development Plan — A Framework for the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Offshore Renewable Energy Resource. February 2014. https://assets.gov.ie/27215/2bc3cb73b6474beebbe810e88f49d1d4.pdf
Seascape effects of wind turbines up to 35km from shoreline are downloadable as GIS shapefiles.SEAI commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), completed in 2010, to inform policy-making in the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP). One set of SEA evaluations was seascape assessments. In 2014 the OREDP was published. (References to both reports below).A zipped collection of shapefiles in spatial reference system WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) is downloadable below. The shapefiles assign category values of seascape effects around the Irish coast (excl. N. Ireland). Appendices in SEA Volume 4 describe these category values in detail (reference below). All SEA volumes are accessible by using the search bar in SEAI's website (http://www.seai.ie).The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers wind-energy data in its Wind Atlas, a digital map of Ireland's wind energy resource (http://gis.seai.ie/wind). SEAI's wind-energy datasets assist wind energy planners, developers and policy makers. __References__ SEA Environmental Report Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary. October 2010. https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/OREDP-SEA-ER-Volume-1-Non-Technical-Summary.pdfSEA Environmental Report Volume 4: Appendices. October 2010. https://seaiopendata.blob.core.windows.net/wind/OREDP-SEA-ER-Volume-4-Appendices.pdfOffshore Renewable Energy Development Plan — A Framework for the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Offshore Renewable Energy Resource. February 2014. https://assets.gov.ie/27215/2bc3cb73b6474beebbe810e88f49d1d4.pdf