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osm-powerplants info

Item	Linux	macOS	Windows
Config	~/.config/osm-powerplants/	~/Library/Application Support/osm-powerplants/	%APPDATA%\osm-powerplants\
Cache	~/.cache/osm-powerplants/	~/Library/Caches/osm-powerplants/	%LOCALAPPDATA%\osm-powerplants\Cache\

CLI

osm-powerplants process Germany France -o europe.csv
osm-powerplants process Chile --force-refresh -o chile.csv

Python

from osm_powerplants import process_units, get_config, get_cache_dir

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

print(df.groupby("Fueltype")["Capacity"].sum())

Valid Values

Fuel Types: Nuclear, Hydro, Wind, Solar, Natural Gas, Hard Coal, Lignite, Oil, Solid Biomass, Biogas, Geothermal, Waste, Other

Technologies: PV, CSP, Onshore, Offshore, Run-Of-River, Reservoir, Pumped Storage, Steam Turbine, CCGT, OCGT, Combustion Engine, Marine

Set Types: PP (power plant), Store (storage), CHP (combined heat & power)