Global Power Plant Database¶
release version: 1.3, release date: 2021-06-02¶
The Global Power Plant Database is an open-source open-access dataset of grid-scale (1 MW and greater) electricity generating facilities operating across the world.
The Database currently contains nearly 35000 power plants in 167 countries, representing about 72% of the world's capacity. Entries are at the facility level only, generally defined as a single transmission grid connection point. Generation unit-level information is not currently available.
- The methodology for the dataset creation is given in the World Resources Institute publication "A Global Database of Power Plants".
- Associated code for the creation of the dataset can be found on GitHub.
- See also the technical note published in early 2020 on an improved methodology to estimate annual generation.
You can find the dataset and related details at https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase
Citation¶
Global Energy Observatory, Google, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Enipedia,
World Resources Institute. 2019. Global Power Plant Database.
Published on Resource Watch and Google Earth Engine. http://resourcewatch.org/ https://earthengine.google.com/
| SNo | Property Key | GEE Property Key | Field Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | country | country | 3 character country code corresponding to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 specification |
| 2 | country_long | country_long | longer form of the country designation |
| 3 | name | name | name or title of the power plant, generally in Romanized form |
| 4 | gppd_idnr | gppd_idnr | 10 or 12 character identifier for the power plant |
| 5 | capacity_mw | capacity_mw | electrical generating capacity in megawatts |
| 6 | primary_fuel | primary_fuel | energy source used in primary electricity generation or export |
| 7 | other_fuel1 | other_fuel1 | energy source used in electricity generation or export |
| 8 | other_fuel2 | other_fuel2 | energy source used in electricity generation or export |
| 9 | other_fuel3 | other_fuel3 | energy source used in electricity generation or export |
| 10 | commissioning_year | cm_yr | year of plant operation, weighted by unit-capacity when data is available |
| 11 | owner | owner | majority shareholder of the power plant, generally in Romanized form |
| 12 | source | source | entity reporting the data; could be an organization, report, or document, generally in Romanized form |
| 13 | url | url | web document corresponding to the source field |
| 14 | geolocation_source | geo_source | attribution for geolocation information |
| 15 | wepp_id | wepp_id | a reference to a unique plant identifier in the widely-used PLATTS-WEPP database. |
| 16 | year_of_capacity_data | yr_capacity | year the capacity information was reported |
| 17 | generation_gwh_2013 | gen_gwh2013 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2013 |
| 18 | generation_gwh_2014 | gen_gwh2014 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2014 |
| 19 | generation_gwh_2015 | gen_gwh2015 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2015 |
| 20 | generation_gwh_2016 | gen_gwh2016 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2016 |
| 21 | generation_gwh_2017 | gen_gwh2017 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2017 |
| 22 | generation_gwh_2018 | gen_gwh2018 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2018 |
| 23 | generation_gwh_2019 | gen_gwh2019 | electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2019 |
| 24 | generation_data_source | gen_dat_src | attribution for the reported generation information |
| 25 | estimated_generation_gwh_2013 | est_gen_gwh2013 | estimated electricity generation in gigawatt-hours for the year 2013 (see [2]) |
| 26 | estimated_generation_gwh_2014 | est_gen_gwh2014 | estimated electricity generation in gigawatt-hours for the year 2014 (see [2]) |
| 27 | estimated_generation_gwh_2015 | est_gen_gwh2015 | estimated electricity generation in gigawatt-hours for the year 2015 (see [2]) |
| 28 | estimated_generation_gwh_2016 | est_gen_gwh2016 | estimated electricity generation in gigawatt-hours for the year 2016 (see [2]) |
| 29 | estimated_generation_gwh_2017 | est_gen_gwh2017 | estimated electricity generation in gigawatt-hours for the year 2017 (see [2]) |
| 30 | estimated_generation_note_2013 | est_gen_nt2013 | label of the model/method used to estimate generation for the year 2013 (see section on this field below) |
| 31 | estimated_generation_note_2014 | est_gen_nt2014 | label of the model/method used to estimate generation for the year 2014 (see section on this field below) |
| 32 | estimated_generation_note_2015 | est_gen_nt2015 | label of the model/method used to estimate generation for the year 2015 (see section on this field below) |
| 33 | estimated_generation_note_2016 | est_gen_nt2016 | label of the model/method used to estimate generation for the year 2016 (see section on this field below) |
| 34 | estimated_generation_note_2017 | est_gen_nt2017 | label of the model/method used to estimate generation for the year 2017 (see section on this field below) |
Earth Engine Snippet¶
var global_power_plants = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/global_power_plant_DB_1-3")
Sample Code: https://code.earthengine.google.com/1ee7aca214940accbabf7f968770f481
License¶
The Global Power Planet Database is available under a CC BY 4.0 license
Data download page: Download v1.3 from here
Dataset created by: World Resources Institute
Curated in GEE by: Samapriya Roy
Keywords: : infrastructure, energy, climate, power, power-plants, wri
Last updated: 2021-07-16
Note: Older version of this dataset is available in GEE and might be updated to reflect in the public catalog