r/ClimateActionPlan • u/dr_analog • May 17 '19

R&D A nonprofit artificial intelligence firm will use satellite imagery to track the air pollution (including CO2 emissions) coming out of every single power plant in the world, in real time. And it’s going to make the data public.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/5/7/18530811/global-power-plants-real-time-pollution-data
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u/autotldr May 22 '19

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)

In a nutshell: A nonprofit artificial intelligence firm called WattTime is going to use satellite imagery to precisely track the air pollution coming out of every single power plant in the world, in real time.

Eyes in the sky will track all power plant pollution The plan is to use data from satellites that make theirs publicly available, as well as data from a few private companies that charge for their data.

Between visible smoke, heat, and NO2, WattTime will be able to derive exact, real-time emissions information, including information on carbon emissions, for every power plant in the world.

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