HydroWIRES B1: Monthly and Weekly Hydropower Constraints Based on Disaggregated EIA-923 Data

This dataset provides both monthly and weekly constraints (maximum and minimum generation) and power targets for hundreds of hydropower plants across the United States. The data is intended for use in Production Cost Models (PCMs) and Capacity Expansion Models (CEMs). The hydropower data is based on disaggregated annual power data which is part of the EIA-923 dataset.

The code to reproduce this data is available here: https://github.com/HydroWIRES-PNNL/B1-data

The original disaggregation procedure is detailed here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01748-x
https://github.com/immm-sfa/turner_voisin_nelson_2022_scientific_data
https://github.com/pnnl/hydrofixr

A paper describing the weekly data is in preperation.

Corresponding author: cameron.bracken@pnnl.gov, nathalie.voisin@pnnl.gov

Version 1.3.0 Uses RectiHyd 1.3 which includes several hundred new observed data locations from a variety of sources

Version 1.2.0 Adds hydro plant data (forebay, inflow, outflow) for some Pacific Northwest plants and HUC4 flow data for most plants

Version 1.1.2 Updates the data using final EIA 2022 data  

Version 1.1.1 Fixes the zip format 

Version 1.1.0 Extends the data to 2022 using updated versions of the underlying data