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OSM Power Plants

Extract power plant data from OpenStreetMap.

Quick Start

pip install osm-powerplants
osm-powerplants process Germany France -o plants.csv
from osm_powerplants import process_units, get_config, get_cache_dir

df = process_units(
    countries=["Chile", "Greece"],
    config=get_config(),
    cache_dir=str(get_cache_dir(get_config())),
)

Output Format

Column Description
projectID OSM-based identifier
Name Plant name
Country Country name
lat, lon Coordinates
Fueltype Solar, Wind, Hydro, Nuclear, Natural Gas, etc.
Technology PV, Onshore, Run-Of-River, Steam Turbine, etc.
Set PP (power plant), Store (storage)
Capacity MW
DateIn Commissioning year

Documentation

License

MIT License. Data from OpenStreetMap contributors.