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Power Sector Carbon Index: Data, Sources, and Methods
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posted on 2017-03-01, 00:00 authored by Greg Schivley, Adam Goldstein, Constantine SamarasConstantine Samaras, Ines L. Azevedo, Haibo ZhaiHaibo Zhai, H Scott MatthewsH Scott MatthewsThe Power Sector Carbon Index provides an estimate of the carbon dioxide intensity of the U.S. power sector using publicly available data sources. The most current information and all index charts are available at www.emissionsindex.org. The analysis code and data are available for download at https://github.com/EmissionsIndex/Emissions-Index. The Power Sector Carbon Index was created by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.