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power station

vr.tr.power-station · PHY.BLT

Let an agent handle power stations by fuel, capacity, operator, output, emissions and safety, using registry data.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle power stations by fuel, capacity, operator, output, emissions and safety, using registry data.

An industrial facility that generates electricity, from fossil fuels, nuclear fission, hydro, wind, solar, geothermal or waste incineration.

What it is for: Generating electricity for grids and users.

It can be generate and dispatch electricity; regulate emissions and safety; build, upgrade or decommission it; report output and emissions.

Distinguishing features

Generates electricity at scale

Classified by energy source

Connected to a grid

Waste-to-energy plants and crematoria differ; only the former generates power

What it looks like

Industrial sites with turbines, boiler houses, cooling towers, chimneys, dams or fields of panels and turbines.

Physical character

capacity: 1-22500 MW - small plants to Three Gorges

capacity factor: 10-95 percent - depends on technology

How it is recognised

Cooling towers, stacks, dams or solar and wind arrays

Grid connection substations

Registry entries with capacity and fuel

Related models

produces - electricity

energy

is a kind of - facility

factory and building

is connected to - transmission

electrical grid

emits - impacts

emissions

In practice

Families and kinds

thermal (coal, gas, oil)

nuclear

hydroelectric

wind and solar

geothermal

waste-to-energy

Identifiers

plant registry id national or GEM Global Energy Monitor id plant databases

EIC code 16 characters European energy identification code

Standards and regulation

EU Industrial Emissions Directive

Nuclear safety regulation (IAEA standards)

Dam safety law

Grid codes

Failure modes and hazards

Accidents and releases

Air pollution and carbon emissions

Dam failures

Grid outages when plants trip

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Technology How it generates.

Technology decides output and impact.

Energy source

Fuel or renewable.

Source

Energy source.

  1. What energy source does it use? definition
  2. What technology converts it? definition

Capacity

Size and output.

Capacity

Capacity and output.

  1. What is its capacity and annual output? measurement
  2. From which registry? provenance
Operation Who runs it.

Operators are responsible.

Operator

Owner and operator.

Operator

Operator.

  1. Who owns and operates it? provenance
  2. Since when has it operated? provenance

Status

Operating or retired.

Status

Operating status.

  1. Is it operating, under construction or retired? boundary
  2. When is it due to close? measurement
Impact Emissions and environment.

Impacts are reported.

Emissions

Carbon and pollutants.

Emissions

Reported emissions.

  1. What are its reported emissions? measurement
  2. Under which permit? provenance

Local impact

Water, noise, land.

Local impact

Local effects.

  1. What local impacts does it have? boundary
  2. How are they monitored? provenance
Safety Major hazards.

Some plants carry major-accident hazards.

Hazards

Accident scenarios.

Hazards

Major hazards.

  1. Which major-accident hazards apply? boundary
  2. What emergency plan exists for neighbours? action

Regulator

Oversight.

Regulator

Safety regulator.

  1. Which regulator oversees its safety? provenance
  2. Where are inspection reports? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should plant types be separate entries?
  • Which plant registry should be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as cremator; should they be removed?
Draft as JSON