Global Dams Database 2020
This csv database contains hydropower dam locations (lat/long) as well as physical, electrical, and administrative information to help stakeholders identify opportunities for future hydro-connected solar installations.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | text | ||
| ISO | text | ||
| Sec_cntry | text | ||
| Name | text | ||
| AltDamName | text | ||
| Purpose | text | ||
| Admin_unit | text | ||
| Near_city | text | ||
| River | text | ||
| Main_basin | text | ||
| Sub_basin | text | ||
| Status | text | ||
| PVOUT | numeric | ||
| PotentialPVSurface | numeric | ||
| PV_InstalledCapacity | numeric | ||
| PV_SpaCapacity | numeric | ||
| Dam_hgt | numeric | ||
| Res_capacityM3 | numeric | ||
| Res_area_km2 | numeric | ||
| HPP_Install_Cap | numeric | ||
| Transm_exist | text | ||
| Transm_length | numeric | ||
| Transm_plan | numeric | ||
| Proj_type | text | ||
| Lifecycle | text | ||
| Storage_ty | text | ||
| Linked_prj | text | ||
| Proj_cost | numeric | ||
| Proj_statu | text | ||
| Study_stat | text | ||
| YEAR | numeric | ||
| Yr_recents | numeric | ||
| Comission_ | numeric | ||
| Ann_firm_g | numeric | ||
| Ann_tot_ge | numeric | ||
| Prox_irrig | text | ||
| Size_irrig | text | ||
| Owner | text | ||
| Autom_EMS_ | text | ||
| PrivateOwn | text | ||
| Feed_in_ta | text | ||
| Feed_in__1 | text | ||
| Guaranteed | text | ||
| Competitiv | text | ||
| Winning_bi | text | ||
| OtherFisca | text | ||
| Prioritize | text | ||
| Priority_d | text | ||
| Compensati | text | ||
| Compensa_1 | text | ||
| Gov_guaran | text | ||
| Regulatory | text | ||
| Download | text | ||
| Long__res_ | numeric | ||
| Lat__res_ | numeric | ||
| Lat__hydro | text | ||
| Long__hydr | text | ||
| Database | text | ||
| Notes | text |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 23, 2020 |
| Created | unknown |
| Format | CSV |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Created | 5 years ago |
| Media type | text/csv |
| Size | 2,355,845 |
| datastore active | True |
| format | CSV |
| has views | True |
| id | f229335d-04b5-4e95-bc59-330e8e6b5743 |
| last modified | 5 years ago |
| metadata modified | 5 years ago |
| on same domain | True |
| package id | 83d6a759-ed05-4f23-91ab-a8007d91adaa |
| resource type | Download |
| state | active |
| url type | upload |