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Global Energy Monitor has launched two tools that, every month, update the new solar and wind projects in each country. Photovoltaic plants must have at least 20 MW to enter the registry.
The non-governmental organization Global Energy Monitor (GEM) creates databases, reports and interactive tools with the intention, it explains, of improving understanding of the changing international energy landscape. “GEM aims to make reliable energy data available to the world. To achieve this, we rely on a principle of open access and collaboration. Our data tools are the product of global teamwork, with researchers, analysts and volunteers from countries around the world doing their part. In turn, GEM makes these tools freely available to the world, allowing unrestricted access to anyone with an Internet connection. We believe that the data we collect should be accessible to everyone,
In 2007, an informal group of journalists and environmental advocates began documenting 151 proposed coal plants in the United States in the wake of climate scientist James Hansens call to action. This group would later become the Global Energy Monitor. Since its inception, GEM has used wiki platforms as a means of ensuring accessibility and promoting collaboration. "GEM.wiki is the culmination of more than a decade of international research addressing life energy issues," they explain.
This week, Global Energy Monitor has presented two new tools to follow, almost in real time, the worlds transition towards renewable energies: a tracker for wind farms of at least 10 MW, and another for solar energy, which covers wind farms solar photovoltaic of at least 20 MW or more (10 MW or more in Arabic-speaking countries).
To create it, combining government, business and other public data. “The trackers provide project-level data to show the speed and extent to which countries are building wind and solar power,” says GEM.
The Global Wind Power Tracker (GWPT) catalogs 13,263 wind farm phases in operation generating 681.4 GW in 144 countries, and another 5,235 potential projects that would generate 882.0 GW. Spain, with 26.8 GW of wind power, ranks 4th behind China (261.2 GW), the United States (127.3 GW) and Germany (39.6 GW)
World Solar Energy Database
The Global Solar Power Tracker (GSPT) includes projects that are installed with a single permit and have a capacity of at least 20 MW (10 MW or more in Arabic-speaking countries).
The Global Solar Power Tracker catalogs projects of any status that are operational, have been announced, are in development or under construction, and even those that have been decommissioned. Each solar farm included in the tool is linked to a wiki page on the GEM wiki.
The tracking map is so comprehensive that you can search and sort the results by project name, start-up year, operator, owner, country, capacity, and project status.
Thus, it has cataloged 5,190 solar projects that generate 298.7 GW in 148 countries, and another 3,551 potential projects that would generate 651.6 GW.
Large plants account for approximately 65% ??of the total global solar capacity, while the remaining 35% corresponds to residential and commercial installations. Data includes provincial commitments from Chinas 14th Five-Year Plan.
The countries with the largest capacity for large-scale solar projects are China (130.3 GW, accounting for 44.98% of the world total), the United States (43.4 GW, with a share of 14.97%), the India (29.0 GW, and a share of 10.01%), Vietnam (11.3 GW, 3.88%) and Mexico (10.5 GW, 3.62%) , Japan (7,669 MW, 2, 65%); Spain in 7th position, with 6,220 MW and 2.15% of the world total; Australia (6,071 MW, and 2.10%); Brazil (3,840 MW, 1.33%) , and Chile (3,687 MW, 1.27%) .
As for the planned capacity, which adds up to a world total of 651,581 MW, the ranking is as follows:
China* 186,335 MW, 28.60%
United States 103,707 MW, 15.92%
Australia 49,631 MW, 7.62%
Greece 43,120 MW, 6.62%
Brazil 32,398 MW, 4.97%
India 32,185 MW, 4.94%
Colombia 18,828 MW, 2.89%
Oman 15,300 MW, 2.35%
Spain 14,001 MW, 2.15%
Morocco 13,430 MW, 2.06%
Chile 11,295 MW, 1.73%
Philippines 10,343 MW, 1.59%
Kuwait 9,500 MW, 1.46%
Mexico 8,417 MW, 1.29%
Myanmar 6,960 MW, 1.07%
United Kingdom 6,027 MW, 0.92%
Iraq 5,755 MW, 0.88%
Algeria 4,982 MW, 0.76%
Saudi Arabia 4,590 MW, 0.70
Vietnam 4,090 MW, 0.63%
Among the groups that use GEM data for research and the promotion of investments and the energy transition are the UAB in Barcelona, ??the Mercator Research Institute on the Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Technical University of Berlin, Free University of Amsterdam, German Institute for Economic Research, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, International Energy Agency, Carbon Tracker sPower Initiative, North China Electric Power University, China Dialog, C40 Cities, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University), UC San Diego, Carbon Tracker Institute, DIW Berlin, Helmut-Schmidt University, Carbon Delta, University of Zurich, Climate Analytics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,United Nations Environment Programme, E3G, Oxfam, Climate Transparency and OECD Environment Directorate. |
