Daily Hydropower Time Series for 43 Chinese Reservoir Stations, 1979-2016

Chinese hydropower data from 43 reservoir stations spanning 1979 to 2016. The dataset includes daily inflow time series in water volume and energy units, station coordinates, and yearly generation figures. It was created by Hailiang Liu of Aarhus University for research on decarbonizing China's power system.

Use Cases

• Modeling the role of hydropower in grid decarbonization based on historical daily inflow and generation data.
• Analyzing spatiotemporal patterns of water resource availability for energy production based on station coordinates and inflow time series.
• Forecasting reservoir energy output based on historical yearly electricity generation and inflow records.
• Assessing the effective storage capacity of hydro systems for grid balancing based on the provided reservoir capacity data.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 37 years (1979-2016).
• Includes data for 43 distinct reservoir stations across China.
• Provides data in both physical (cubic meters) and energy (GWh) units for direct analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Aarhus University

Collection Method

Likely compiled from operational records or hydrological models for academic research.

Time Range

1979-2016

Geography

China