retrieve hourly facility-level CO2, SO2, and NOx emissions for a power plant from the EPA Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMPD) API

domain: campd.epa.gov · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Register for a free EPA CAMPD API key via the Clean Air Markets API portal
  2. Look up the facility's ORISPL/facility ID and unit IDs via the facilities/attributes endpoint
  3. Call the emissions API's hourly endpoint with the facility ID, unit ID, and date range parameters
  4. Include the API key as required by the Swagger-documented auth scheme
  5. Parse returned fields for gross load, heat input, and CO2/SO2/NOx mass and rate values per operating hour
  6. Paginate using the API's page/per-page parameters for multi-year pulls

Known gotchas

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