To determine the best sites for building new plants or adding units, plant managers and other decision-makers must have ready access to data on fuel supplies and demand for electricity. The system, which incorporates many layers of graphic data, brings together information never before gathered in one place and organizes it in user-friendly fashion to serve industry professionals. Industry users can review data by company, state, or topic, and they can also have proprietary information added to the system and secured, limiting access to authorized persons.
Training generally takes less than a day.
The Laboratory is working on developing a more focused version of the system for the EPA, one that will run from a standard Web browser. The software is available for licensing from Argonne.