Data pertaining to how economies function and the drivers of production and consumption patterns.

economy-industry

Economy & Industry

Data about the energy systems that underpin all economies.

power-sector

Power Sector

Samantha Kuzma

Global open database of power plants, created by Google/WRI/Global Energy Observatory/KTH University/University of Groningen

### Overview  
  
The Global Power Plant Database is a comprehensive, open source database of power plants around the world. It centralizes power plant data to make it easier to navigate, compare, and draw insights for one’s own analysis. The database covers approximately 30,000 power plants from 164 countries and includes thermal plants (e.g., coal, gas, oil, nuclear, biomass, waste, geothermal) and renewables (e.g., hydro, wind, solar). Each power plant is geolocated, and entries contain information on plant capacity, generation, ownership, and fuel type. The database will be continuously updated as data becomes available.   
  
### Methodology  
  
The Global Power Plant Database leverages existing data sources and methodologies to build a comprehensive and open-access power sector database. The database was built entirely from open sources, which are publicly available on the internet, including data from national government agencies, reports from companies that build power plants or provide their components, data from public utilities, and information from multinational organizations. Currently the Global Power Plant Database uses more than 600 sources to create the database.  
  
### Additional Information  
  
Resource Watch shows only a subset of the dataset. For access to the full dataset and additional information, click on the “Learn more” button.  
  
### Visualizing the Data  
  
Our team reformatted this dataset before displaying it on Resource Watch. Coordinates provided in the source data were used to map this data for display on Resource Watch.   
  
### Disclaimer  
  
Excerpts of this description page were taken from the source metadata.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm

Global Power Plant Database v1.2.0

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Coal Power Plants by Capacity (MW)

Power Plants by Capacity (MW)

Hydro Power Plants by Capacity (MW)

Wind Power Plants by Capacity (MW)

Power Plants by Fuel Type

Solar Power Plants by Capacity (MW)

Power Plants by Capacity (MW) and Fuel Type

A comprehensive, global, open source database of power plants

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Global Power Plant Database