Geospatial Analysis and Technical Assistance for Power Plant Siting Interagency

Neher, L A

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Natural Gas;    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;    Power Transmission Lines;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Management;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15003139
RP-ID  :  UCRL-ID-147544
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  15003139

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The focus of this contract (in the summer and fall of 2001) was originally to help the California Energy Commission (CEC) locate and evaluate potential sites for electric power generation facilities and to assist the CEC in addressing areas of congestion on transmission lines and natural gas supply line corridors. Subsequent events have reduced the immediate urgency, although not the ultimate need for such analyses. Software technology for deploying interactive geographic information systems (GIS) accessible over the Internet have developed to the point that it is now practical to develop and publish GIS web sites that have substantial viewing, movement, query, and even map-making capabilities. As part of a separate project not funded by the CEC, the GIS Center at LLNL, on an experimental basis, has developed a web site to explore the technical difficulties as well as the interest in such a web site by agencies and others concerned with energy research. This exploratory effort offers the potential or developing an interactive GIS web site for use by the CEC for energy research, policy analysis, site evaluation, and permit and regulatory matters. To help ground the geospatial capabilities in the realistic requirements and needs of the CEC staff, the CEC requested that the GIS Center conduct interviews of several CEC staff persons to establish their current and envisioned use of spatial data and requirements for geospatial analyses. This survey will help define a web-accessible central GIS database for the CEC, which will augment the well-received work of the CEC Cartography Unit. Individuals within each siting discipline have been contacted and their responses to three question areas have been summarized. The web-based geospatial data and analytical tools developed within this project will be available to CEC staff for initial area studies, queries, and informal, small-format maps. It is not designed for fine cartography or for large-format posters such as the Cartographic Unit is excellent at producing for public meetings. Nor is it designed for the specialized geospatial analyses that the Cartographic Unit maintains a deservedly excellent reputation for producing. The web-based system could be used by the Cartographic Unit staff in support of CEC technical and policy staff to respond during meetings to questions posed by senior management or the public.