Commission for Environmental Cooperation

North American Power Plant Air Emissions, 2005

Map type: Pollution and Waste

The North American Power Plants map displays over 3,000 power-generating facilities using fossil fuel sources in 2005.

These facilities are classified based on the primary source of fuel used to generate electricity: oil, natural gas, coal, or other fuels. Each map illustrates the emissions of a specific pollutant from the facilities (SO₂, NO_X, Hg, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and CO₂). These maps were developed for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s 2011 publication, North American Power Plant Air Emissions.

A Google Earth (KMZ) map of the 3,144 power plants and their air emissions is also available.

For more information, please visit: http://www.cec.org/powerplants

The data used to create these maps were provided by multiple agencies from each country.

Canada:

• National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), 2005
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program (GHGRP), 2005
• Statistics Canada, 2005

United States of America:

• Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID2007), 2007
• National Emissions Inventory (NEI), 2005

Mexico

• Inventario Nacional de Emisiones de México (INEM), 2005
• Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE), 2005
• Secretaría de Energía (SENER), 2005
• Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), 2005
• Comisión de Cooperación Ambiental, 2009
• Estimación de Emisiones de Contaminantes Atmosféricos por Uso de Combustibles Fósiles en el Sector Eléctrico Mexicano