Proposal:Power generation refinement

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Power generation refinement
Proposal status: Approved (active)
Proposed by: Fanfouer
Tagging: [[Key:power* original proposal for this key|power* original proposal for this key]]=[[Tag:power* original proposal for this key=power=plant, plant:output=*, power=generator, generator:type=*|power=plant, plant:output=*, power=generator, generator:type=*]]
Applies to: node area relation
Definition: Clarify the current usage of the power=* key in energy generation context and introduce new tags for power plants and generators.
Statistics:

Rendered as: Identical to power=generator
Draft started: 2011-06-03
RFC start: 2013-02-07
Vote start: 2013-05-27
Vote end: 2013-06-10

The original proposal was built by User icon 2.svgdon-vip (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.) and he let me maintain it in order to re-vote it and get this accepted in OSM tagging standards. I'd like thanks don-vip for the huge research work he has done to bring this up.

Proposal

This proposal aims to clarify the current usage of the power=* key in energy generation context, introduces a new tag: power=plant, a new namespace: plant:output=*, and a new key: generator:type=*.

Rationale

Wikipedia and IEC definitions

Wikipedia and IEC describe the power generation concepts in these terms:

  • A power station (601-03-01, also referred to as a generating station, power plant, or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of energy (electricity, useful heat...).
  • A generator (151-13-35) is a device that converts one form of energy to another (example: mechanical energy or sun light to electricity).
  • A wind farm (415-01-03) is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electricity. The land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes. A wind farm may also be located offshore.

OSM usage

The easy way to map these features in OSM would have been to keep these terms with the same definition.

Instead, the current OSM usage is the following:

  • power=generator is used to map power stations (for nuclear, thermal and hydro stations), but also generators (for wind turbines).
  • Nothing exists to map generators if power=generator is used for the power station. Some users create new power=generator nodes inside the main power=generator area.
  • Nothing exists to map power stations if power=generator is used for power generators. Some users create another surrounding power=generator area around the generators, especially for nuclear power plants. A landuse=industrial could be used, but this tag is not enough to define a power station.
  • Wind farms are usually not mapped. When they are, a surrounding power=generator area is created around its wind turbines, as for conventional power stations. This is not adequate, as the perimeter does not strictly exist (there is no fence around a wind farm), and the implied industrial nature of power=generator is not applicable to wind farms: the land between the turbines may be used for other purposes, especially agriculture (landuse=farm).

New approach

Power plant in a nutshell

Power plants would be summarized as a set of precise kind of elements, generators and infrastructure which allow to produce power.
Such stuff may be inside a perimeter which physically exists, like a fence and mapped as a closed power=plant area. Sometimes, power plants don't expose fenced area or any other element which allows to aggregate facilities inside. In this particular situation the power=plant object is a relation and features are bind to it with no precise roles.
In details, different generators could get involved in the power generation process. Thus we would make the distinguish between intermediate generators which produce usefull power for output generators. Output generators produce power which is send outside the power plant. They are the only generators used to compute the overall capacity of a power plant. Examples are available at the end of this proposal.
Source and output values are specified at the power=plant scale to allow consistency checks.

To have an unambiguous and consistent power generation scheme, it is proposed to:

  • Create a new power=plant tag for what Wikipedia calls a power station. A nuclear power station with multiple reactors on one site with a single name (such as Fukushima II) would be contained within a single area outlining the whole facility tagged power=plant. An array of wind turbines known operated together and known by a single name might be represented by a node at some suitable location central to the array tagged power=plant.
  • Create a new plant:output=* namespace for the rated output of the facility (which may not be a simple sum of their capacities). Its tagging being exactly the same as generator:output=*.
  • Modify the current definition of power=generator to refer only to an individual power generation device rather than the entire power plant. Each turbine in a wind farm would be a node generator; each individual reactor within a larger nuclear power station would be a node or an area. The output of a generator would be the rated output for that particular device.
  • Create a new generator:type=* key to distinguish generator types among a single generator:method=*. This is particularly needed for nuclear energy, where no electricity-producing fusion reactor is expected before 2033 (DEMO). All current nuclear reactors use fission. Fission reactors are classified by their design, and power plants can mix different generator types. For example, the French nuclear power plant of Flamanville contain two PWR and one EPR. reactor_type=* is already in use, but only in Chernobyl power plant.
  • Create a new generator:plant=* key to optionnaly distinguish output and intermediate generators as describe above. Generators are output by default.

Tagging

A power plant is a facility where energy (electricity, useful heat...) is generated.

Enclosed power plant

Functional chart of a conventional power plant
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, USA

A power=plant is tagged as a area around the power plant perimeter (usually bordered by fence). We may use the following attributes:

Key Value Comment Recommendation
power plant Defines this area as a power plant. mandatory
name Individual name The name by which the power plant is known. recommended
operator Operator Name of the company that operates the power plant. recommended
start_date Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Date when the construction was finished, using ISO 8601. recommended
landuse industrial Apart of wind farms, a power plant is an industrial facility. recommended if not already inside a bigger landuse=industrial, else optional
plant:output Rated output of the facility The rated output of the whole facility often available in operator public documentation. The tagging is consistent with generator:output=*: a co-generation plant would have for example plant:output:electricity=* and plant:output:steam=* keys. They accept numeric values ore yes if the exact rating is unknown. recommended when using simple tagging

In this case, spatial capabilities of the database would enable us to retrieve features which are inside the power plant's perimeter. According to the functional chart, we must find object tagged as power=generator + generator:plant=output inside and attributes must be defined consistently with power plant's ones.
Many other stuff (buildings, substations), introduced all along this proposal is recommended or optional.

We can compare the total rating of a power plant, specified in plant:output=* and addition of all the generator:output=* values of its generator members :

Please note that this comparison is made on two axis : The first by comparing all kind of output in both plant and generators (it's a problem to have a plant with yes whereas there is no generator with generator:output:electricity=* for instance). The second axis is on the amount of each kind of power made as above rules.

As discussed on mailing list, we mustn't try to bind stuff (like outside power station for instance) to an enclosed power plant if it is not in the power plant perimeter. We'd better to create two independent objects. More information here: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2013-April/013321.html
In some situations power plant could expose two or more distinct perimeter. This can be mapped with Relation:multipolygon relation and definitely fulfill the dispersed power plant model introduced below.

Dispersed facilities power plants

Functional chart of a dispersed power plant
Lillgrund Wind Farm, Sweden

Wind, tidal and photovoltaic power plants may consist in a group of several turbines or solar panels in the same location used for production of electricity. Each turbine or panel would be tagged as power=generator. The land between generators may be used for agricultural or other purposes while it may correspond to the ocean's ground for tidal farms. A wind/solar farm may also be located offshore instead of a tidal farm which is always located on the sea ground.

Such a farm is tagged as a relation using type=site + power=plant. Computing of total farm rating is done by adding all the generator:output values of its generator members which are described with generator:plant=output (output generator, see Generator chapter for more information).

When there are several fenced areas around the power plants sites, Relation:multipolygon relation should be used.

Way or Node Recurrence? Refers to Recommendation
node area relation 1 or more All (output or intermediate) power generators of the power plant. mandatory
area relation 0 or more All substations of the power plant. recommended

All and each generators nodes must be tagged like this:

Key Value Comment Recommendation
power generator Defines this node as a power generator. mandatory
generator:output * Kind and rating of power produced by generator. If rating is unknown, just use yes instead. mandatory
name Individual name The name by which that specific generator is known. optional
operator Operator Name of the company that operates the generator. optional

See common cases below, feel free to adapt:

Wind turbine

Key Value Comment Recommendation
power generator Defines this node as a power generator. mandatory
generator:source wind Defines the source of generator. mandatory
generator:type horizontal_axis or vertical_axis Defines the type of generator. mandatory
name Individual name The name by which the wind turbine is known. optional
operator Operator Name of the company that operates the wind turbine. optional
generator:output:electricity Rated electricity output of the wind generator The rated output of that specific generator. recommended

Tidal turbine

Key Value Comment Recommendation
power generator Defines this node as a power generator. mandatory
generator:source hydro Defines the source of generator. mandatory
generator:method tidal Defines the method of power generation. mandatory
generator:type horizontal_axis or vertical_axis Defines the type of generator. mandatory
name Individual name The name by which that specific generator is known. optional
operator Operator Name of the company that operates the generator. optional
generator:output:electricity Rated electricity output of the tidal turbine The rated output of that specific generator. recommended

PV solar panel

Key Value Comment Recommendation
power generator Defines this node as a power generator. mandatory
generator:source solar Defines the source of generator. mandatory
generator:method photovoltaic Defines the method of power generation. mandatory
generator:type solar_photovoltaic_panel Defines the type of generator. mandatory
name Individual name The name by which that specific generator is known. optional
operator Operator Name of the company that operates the generator. optional
generator:output:electricity Rated electricity output of the solar photovoltaic panel The rated output of that specific generator. recommended

Thermal solar panel

Key Value Comment Recommendation
power generator Defines this node as a power generator. mandatory
generator:source solar Defines the source of generator. mandatory
generator:method thermal Defines the method of power generation. mandatory
generator:type solar_thermal_collector Defines the type of generator. Same value for flat, parabolic dish and trough. mandatory
name Individual name The name by which that specific generator is known. optional
operator Operator Name of the company that operates that generator. optional
generator:output:steam Rated steam output of the solar thermal collector The rated output of that specific generator. recommended


See below for the exhaustive list of generators source/types & methods.

Plant area/perimeter

As discussed on tagging mailing list, power plants areas and perimeters would be pretty hard to map when many different operators share the same location on a generation site.
http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Power-proposals-td5753173.html

A simple rule to make the distinguishing between operators is to create a separate area for each one. Two or more power plants would directly be created.
In general, only one company is operating a power plant so if two or more operators are present on a site, we could have two different power plants or two different components for power generation. In all cases we mustn't map it in a single one area. Each area will have different operator=* values and potentially as many name=*. The key point is still the ownership of the land occupied by the power plant.

Furthermore and often, room is reserved besides actual power plants for future extensions. This room should be concerned by the power plant area right now since it's fenced as the main production site.

Finally, Relation:multipolygon relation doesn't match these operator consideration since operator distinguishing MUST be done.

Generator

World highest vertical axis wind generator, Gaspé peninsula, Quebec, Canada
A generator is a device that converts one form of energy to another.
For example: mechanical energy or sun light to electricity. 

A power=generator is tagged as a node or area, on the generator itself, if visible (wind turbine, gas turbine, single solar panel...), or on the smallest building containing it (nuclear reactor, hydroelectric turbine...). Large photovoltaic power plants may group solar panels blocks in a single multipolygon.

This proposal does not change its current attributes. See power=generator for its description.

Furthermore, as suggested by System-users-3.svgpolderrunner (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.), generators should be tagged with frequency=* since they can operate at different frequencies than the common one used on national grids. Indeed, some power plants can fed train transmission lines which often live at different frequency.

Please note that generator:output=* gives the nominal maximum available rating for the given generator. It's the easiest information we can get. Effective rating would be hard to compute or to obtain from power plans operators.

Output vs intermediate generator

Keep in mind that using power=generator don't specify the role of that generator in the whole power plant. It can actually be an intermediate generator or an output generator.
Intermediate generators only convert source power in an intermediate form used by other intermediate generators or by output generators.
Output generators produce power which is send on power grids.

To make distinguishing between that two types, we would use generator:plant=output for output generators and generator:plant=intermediate for intermediate generators.

This distinguishing comes from System-users-3.svgViking81 (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)'s suggestion to map thermal solar collectors for domestic heating as power=generator. We can find such items both on house's roofs and in solar power plants. In one hand it's directly producing output power for domestic heating and on the other, it's only intermediate since actually the steam turbine produces electricity.

This distinguishing is actually optional. Mappers don't have to (but they are invited to) map intermediate generators since no consistency check may be done on them. The whole power plant output rating only depends on output generators which are the most common ones and pretty always exposed in public documentation.

Generator types

A new attribute is added, generator:type=*. This attribute is intended to define the type of generator among a single source/method. As a concrete example of what a type is, think about of rendering a map of all nuclear reactors of the same type as those used in Fukushima.

Key Value Comment Recommendation
generator:type Generator type The type of generator (see below for possible values). optional
Exhaustive list of possible generator:type=* values
Source / method Type value Description Output
2020 stBN powergensource nuclear.svg nuclear fission PWR The Pressurized water reactor (PWR) is the most common type of nuclear reactor. PWR is the type involved in the Three Mile Island accident. generator:output:electricity=yes
BWR-1 to BWR-6 The Boiling water reactor (BWR) is the second most common type of nuclear reactor. BWR-3 is the type involved in the Fukushima disaster. generator:output:electricity=yes
RBMK-1000, RBMK-1500 The RBMK is a type of nuclear reactor which was built in the Soviet Union. RBMK-1000 is the type involved in the Chernobyl disaster. generator:output:electricity=yes
VVER The VVER reactor is a type of Russian PWR used by many countries. generator:output:electricity=yes
CANDU The CANDU reactor is a type of Canadian pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR). All current reactors in Canada are of the CANDU type. generator:output:electricity=yes
CPR-1000 The CPR-1000 is a Chinese PWR. generator:output:electricity=yes
EPR The European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) is a new type of PWR. Four EPR units are under construction, in Finland, France and China. generator:output:electricity=yes
fusion ITER ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), is the world's largest and most advanced experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor, currently being built at Cadarache, in the south of France. generator:output:electricity=yes
2020 stBN powergensource wind.svg wind - horizontal_axis Horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) have the main rotor shaft and electrical generator at the top of a tower (most common wind turbine). generator:output:electricity=yes
vertical_axis Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT) have the main rotor shaft set vertically, and the main components are located at the base of the turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
2020 stBN powergensource water.svg hydro water-storage francis_turbine The Francis turbine is the most common water turbine in use today with plant fed by water storage behind a dam. generator:output:electricity=yes
kaplan_turbine The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine with plant fed by water storage behind a dam. generator:output:electricity=yes
pelton_turbine The Pelton turbine is another type of water turbine as described on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=602-02-13 with plant fed by water storage behind a dam. generator:output:electricity=yes
water-pumped-storage francis_turbine The Francis turbine is the most common water turbine in use today and seems to be the only type of turbine used with Pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant fed by higher water storage behind a dam and a lower one. generator:output:electricity=yes
run-of-the-river francis_turbine The Francis turbine is the most common water turbine in use today with plant fed by river flow. generator:output:electricity=yes
kaplan_turbine The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine with plant fed by river flow. generator:output:electricity=yes
pelton_turbine The Pelton turbine is another type of water turbine as described on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=602-02-13 with plant fed by river flow. generator:output:electricity=yes
2020 stBN powergensource water.svg tidal barrage kaplan_turbine Tidal barrage power plants are similar to low-head hydroelectric power plants since they use coastal waters height differences between two tidal cycles. See Wikipedia:Rance_Tidal_Power_Station for example. generator:output:electricity=yes
stream horizontal_axis The tidal stream generator aim to produce electricity by using tidal power. It is standalone on the oceans floor, have a horizontal axis and is fed by dynamic tidal power. generator:output:electricity=yes
vertical_axis The tidal stream generator aim to produce electricity by using tidal power. It is standalone on the oceans floor, have a vertical axis and is fed by dynamic tidal power. generator:output:electricity=yes
2020 stBN powergensource water.svg wave - - Wave power plants extract energy from ocean waves using a variaty of different methods and generator types. generator:output:electricity=yes
geothermal - steam_turbine Geothermal power plant using steam or high-pressure hot water extracted from deep underground to power a Steam turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
heat_pump Geothermal heat pump aim to make steam for heating by using natural earth temperature. generator:output:steam=yes
2020 stBN powergensource sun.svg solar thermal steam_turbine A Concentrated solar power plant produce electricity by concentrating sub beams toward steam generator. generator:output:electricity=yes
solar_thermal_collector A Solar thermal panel produce steam by heating water in a thermal panel exposed to sun beams. It corresponds to flat, parabolic dish and trough shaped collectors. generator:output:steam=yes
photovoltaic solar_photovoltaic_panel A Photovoltaic system power plant produce electricity coming from panels designed to convert sub light power in electrcity. generator:output:electricity=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-coal.svg coal combustion steam_turbine Coal-fired power generator using a Steam turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Coal-fired steam generator. generator:output:steam=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-gas.svg gas combustion steam_turbine Gas-fired power generator using a Steam turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
gas_turbine Gas-fired power generator using a Gas turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
combined_cycle Gas-fired power generator using a Combined cycle gas turbine (using a steam turbine to extract energy from the exhaust heat of the gas turbine). generator:output:electricity=yes
reciprocating_engine Gas-fired power plant using a Reciprocating engine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Gas-fired steam generator. generator:output:steam=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-biofuel.svg biomass combustion steam_turbine Biomass (solid) fired power generator using a Steam turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Biomass (solid) fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
gasification gas_turbine Gasification of solid biomass and combustion of the produced syngas in a Gas turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-biofuel.svg biofuel combustion reciprocating_engine Biofuel (liquid like vegetables oil) fired power plant using a Reciprocating engine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Biofuel (liquid like vegetables oil) fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-biofuel.svg biogas combustion gas_turbine Biogas-fired power plant using a Gas turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Biogas-fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
reciprocating_engine Biogas-fired power plant using a Reciprocating engine. generator:output:electricity=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-oil.svg oil combustion steam_turbine Oil-fired power plant using a Steam turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Oil-fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-oil.svg diesel combustion reciprocating_engine Diesel-fired power plant using a Reciprocating engine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Diesel-fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-oil.svg gasoline combustion reciprocating_engine Gasoline-fired power plant using a Reciprocating engine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Gasoline-fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
Bahnpirat-power source-waste.svg waste combustion steam_turbine Waste-fired power plant using a Steam turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes
steam_generator Waste-fired power generator producing steam. generator:output:steam=yes
gasification gas_turbine Gasification of waste and combustion of the produced syngas in a Gas turbine. generator:output:electricity=yes

Specific elements

Solar and hydro power plants may contain specific objects, depending on their generator:method=*. Such special objects may vary on each site but here is a list of common cases we would encounter.

Generatorx source Output generators' method Way or Node Recurrence? Refers to Recommendation
generator:source=hydro generator:method=water-storage way area 1 The waterway=dam delivering water to the hydro power plant. recommended
way 1 or more All penstocks of the hydroelectric system, tagged as man_made=pipeline, type=water. optional
node 1 or more All valves of the hydroelectric system, tagged as man_made=pipeline, pipeline=valve. optional
generator:method=water-pumped-storage way area 2 The waterway=dam delivering to the hydro power plant from the high water storage side and the waterway=dam holding water on the lower storage side recommended
way 1 or more All penstocks of the hydroelectric system, tagged as man_made=pipeline, type=water. optional
node 1 or more All valves of the hydroelectric system, tagged as man_made=pipeline, pipeline=valve. optional
generator:method=run-of-the-river way area 0 or 1 The eventual waterway=weir delivering water to the hydro power plant. recommended
way 1 or more All penstocks of the hydroelectric dam, tagged as man_made=pipeline, type=water. optional
node 1 or more All valves of the hydroelectric system, tagged as man_made=pipeline, pipeline=valve. optional
generator:source=solar generator:method=thermal node 1 or more All heliostats of the solar power plant, tagged with power=heliostat. optional
area 1 or more All building where light is directed to, for water heating, of the solar power plant, tagged with power=solar_thermal_tower. optional

Examples

Single-site facitilies

'Single-site' power plants are ones where all, or most, of the equipment is found on a single site, often with a clear perimeter such as a fence unlike wind-farms and some other types which are distributed without a clearly demarcated perimeter. There's normally no need to setup relations for such examples, the area perimeter allows us to retrieve all features inside.

Saint-Alban nuclear power plant

Saint Alban nuclear power plant, France

Saint-Alban is an enclosed site power plant which outputs 2600 MW of electricity with two PWR nuclear fission generators.
Mapping is composed of 3 main elements :

Here are details about tagging:

area Perimeter:

Key Value
power plant
name Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban
operator EDF
start_date 1985
plant:output:electricity 2600 MW or yes if unknown

Nota: No need to use landuse=industrial here since the plant perimeter is already enclosed itself in a area with this landuse.
More information:

area Generators:

Key Value
building yes
power generator
generator:source nuclear
generator:method fission
generator:type PWR
generator:plant output
name Saint-Alban 1
operator EDF
start_date 1985
generator:output:electricity 1300 MW or yes if unknown

Thémis solar thermal power plant

Thémis solar thermal power plant, France

Thémis is an example of a solar thermal facility using heliostats to direct solar heat towards a single tower. The individual heliostats are tagged with power=heliostat.

area Perimeter:

Key Value
power plant
name Centrale solaire Thémis
operator CG66
start_date 2007
plant:output:electricity 800 MW or yes if unknown
landuse industrial

More information:

area Generator:

Key Value
building yes
man_made tower
power generator
generator:source solar
generator:method thermal
generator:type steam_turbine
generator:plant output
operator CG66
start_date 2007
generator:output:electricity 800 MW or yes if unknown

Parker Ranch hybrid power plant

Parker Ranch, Hawaii, United States

Parker Ranch] is a small example of hybrid power plant combining different sources. Electricity is generated by 5 wind turbines and a photovoltaic array.

area Perimeter:

Key Value
power plant
name Parker Ranch
plant:output:electricity 225 kW or yes if unknown
landuse industrial

node Wind turbines:

Key Value
power generator
generator:source wind
generator:type horizontal_axis
generator:plant output
generator:output:electricity 10 kW or yes if unknown

More information:

area Solar array:

Key Value
power generator
generator:source solar
generator:method photovoltaic
generator:type solar_photovoltaic_panel
generator:plant output
generator:output:electricity 175 kW or yes if unknown

Dispersed facilities

Middelgrunden

Middelgrunden offshore wind farm, Denmark

Middelgrunden is a good example of offshore wind farm. Wind turbines are gathered in a single power=plant relation. There is no perimeter.

relation Power plant:

Key Value
power plant
name Middelgrunden
operator Dong Energy
start_date 2000
plant:output:electricity 40 MW or yes if unknown

node Each wind turbine:

Key Value
power generator
generator:source wind
generator:type horizontal_axis
generator:plant output
name N7
operator Dong Energy
start_date 2000
generator:output:electricity 2 MW or yes if unknown
More information:

Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam, United States

Hoover Dam is a good example of a complex hydro power plant. The whole facility is tagged as the power=plant.

All of its members are tagged with operator=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and their respective start_date=(1936 to 1961). The total rated output is equal to plant:output:electricity=2080 MW.

relation Power plant:

Key Value
power plant
name Hoover Dam
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
start_date 1936
plant:output:electricity 2080 MW or yes if unknown

This relation have some extra members :

Role Object
dam The dam (waterway=dam)
substation 3 substations (power=substation)
generator All generators inside the dam powerhouse
penstock All man_made=pipeline + type=water ways which supply water to turbines.
intake 4 water intakes
outlet 4 water oulets

node Francis turbines:

Key Value
power generator
generator:source hydro
generator:method water_storage
generator:type francis_turbine
generator:plant output
name N7
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
start_date 1936
generator:output:electricity 127 MW or yes if unknown
More information:

node Pelton turbines:

Key Value
power generator
generator:source hydro
generator:method water_storage
generator:type pelton_turbine
generator:plant output
name N0
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
start_date 1936
generator:output:electricity 2.4 MW or yes if unknown

Features/Pages affected

If approved, this proposal would impact:

Tools/Renderers affected

If approved, all tools and renderers would have to take into account power=plant and the new spelling of power=substation. Some would have specific things to do.

JOSM

  • File request to add/update power related presets.

Potlatch 2

  • File request to add/update power related presets. Further, resolve ticket #3779

Mapnik

See also

Comments

Comments are welcome on the Talk page :)

Voting

Place your vote here.

  • this is so complex and long, I can't read it all and oversee the consequences. Looks well thought out on first glance. "start_date" should be defined as date when the power plant started to produce energy, not when the construction was finished. --Dieterdreist (talk) 20:33, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. -- Fanfouer (talk) 17:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. -- Viking81 (talk) 07:36, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I oppose this proposal I oppose this proposal. power=plant: 1 tag 2 purposes --Jimmy K (talk) 07:41, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. -- --FK270673 (talk) 08:44, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. But the proposal should have been simplified, in particular I find the whole thing about intermediate generators unnecessary. --polderrunner (talk) 09:21, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. A complete and well defined tagging schema --PanierAvide (talk) 09:26, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Lzhl (talk) 10:34, 29 May 2013 (UTC).
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. --Surly (talk) 12:00, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. --Imagic (talk) 13:51, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. I vote yes, of course :) Thanks for your involvement in this difficult subject. Only minor remark: we don't care anymore about P2. The mentioned ticket has never been fixed (even answered) and never will. However I am pretty confident in iD developers to answer a request filed on their github. --Don-vip (talk) 14:39, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. --JB (talk) 15:32, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal.--Silver87 (talk) 16:24, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. OverQuantum (talk) 16:34, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I oppose this proposal I oppose this proposal. --Such a big change should tidy up the generator types. Basstoelpel (talk) 20:02, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Sadless74 (talk) 02:33, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. FreeExec (talk) 09:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC+4)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Ullus (talk) 14:34, 30 May 2013 (UTC+4)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. --Michi (talk) 13:14, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. K4r573n (talk) 17:03, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Hedaja (talk) 21:45, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. bopoh13 (talk) 20:22, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Errt (talk) 09:28, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Soldier Boy (talk) 13:35, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. ----Padorange (talk) 16:48, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. ----Johan Jönsson (talk) 17:19, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. ----Stud
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. A very structured tagging schema -- hendrik-17(talk) 16:02, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. ----AnSc_de
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Plop76 (talk) 08:56, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. HillWithSmallFields (talk) 12:19, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Janko (talk) 17:48, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal I approve this proposal. Oligo (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2013 (UTC)


30 "yes" against 2 "no" : the proposal is accepted



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