Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies
This dataset provides estimates of operational water withdrawal and water consumption factors for electricity generating technologies in the United States. Estimates of water factors were collected from published primary literature and were not modified except for unit conversions. The water factors presented may be useful in modeling and policy analyses where reliable power plant level data are not available.
This data is from the report "Operational water consumption and withdrawal factors for electricity generating technologies: a review of existing literature" (see resource below).
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AB - This dataset provides estimates of operational water withdrawal and water consumption factors for electricity generating technologies in the United States. Estimates of water factors were collected from published primary literature and were not modified except for unit conversions. The water factors presented may be useful in modeling and policy analyses where reliable power plant level data are not available.
This data is from the report "Operational water consumption and withdrawal factors for electricity generating technologies: a review of existing literature" (see resource below).
AU - Macknick, Jordan
A2 - Newmark, Robin
A3 - Heath, Garvin
A4 - Hallett, KC
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - PV
KW - Water
KW - coal
KW - consumption
KW - csp
KW - factors
KW - geothermal
KW - renewable energy
KW - technologies
KW - wind
KW - withdrawal
KW - data
KW - processed data
KW - literature
KW - review
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/390
ER -
Macknick, Jordan, et al. Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 25 November, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/390.
Macknick, J., Newmark, R., Heath, G., & Hallett, K. (2014). Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/390
Macknick, Jordan, Robin Newmark, Garvin Heath, and KC Hallett. Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/390
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_390,
title = {Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies},
author = {Macknick, Jordan and Newmark, Robin and Heath, Garvin and Hallett, KC},
abstractNote = {This dataset provides estimates of operational water withdrawal and water consumption factors for electricity generating technologies in the United States. Estimates of water factors were collected from published primary literature and were not modified except for unit conversions. The water factors presented may be useful in modeling and policy analyses where reliable power plant level data are not available.
This data is from the report "Operational water consumption and withdrawal factors for electricity generating technologies: a review of existing literature" (see resource below). },
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/390},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/390},
note = {Accessed: 2025-12-05}
}
Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Oct 7, 2025
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Jordan Macknick
Authors
Research Areas
Keywords
PV, Water, coal, consumption, csp, factors, geothermal, renewable energy, technologies, wind, withdrawal, data, processed data, literature, reviewDOE Project Details
Project Name Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
Project Number 52942
