Global Power Plant Database

    WRI/GPPD/power_plants
    Dataset Availability
    2018-06-11T00:00:00Z–2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
    Dataset Provider
    Earth Engine Snippet
    FeatureCollection
    ee.FeatureCollection("WRI/GPPD/power_plants")
    FeatureView
    ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("WRI/GPPD/power_plants_FeatureView")
    Tags
    infrastructure-boundaries table wri
    energy
    infrastructure
    power
    power-plants

    Description

    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. Each power plant is geolocated and entries contain information on plant capacity, generation, ownership, and fuel type. As of June 2018, the database includes around 28,500 power plants from 164 countries. It will be continuously updated as data becomes 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 . The bleeding-edge version of the database (which may contain substantial differences from the release in Earth Engine) is available on GitHub as well.

    If you use this dataset, the provider (WRI) has requested that you register your use and (optionally) sign up to receive update notifications.

    Table Schema

    Table Schema

    Name Type Description
    country
    		 STRING

    3-character country code corresponding to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 specs
    country_lg
    		 STRING

    Longer form of the country designation
    name
    		 STRING

    Name or title of the power plant, generally in Romanized form
    gppd_idnr
    		 STRING

    10- or 12-character identifier for the power plant
    capacitymw
    		 DOUBLE

    Electrical generating capacity in megawatts
    latitude
    		 DOUBLE

    Geolocation in decimal degrees
    longitude
    		 DOUBLE

    Geolocation in decimal degrees
    fuel1
    		 STRING

    Energy source used in electricity generation or export
    fuel2
    		 STRING

    Energy source used in electricity generation or export
    fuel3
    		 STRING

    Energy source used in electricity generation or export
    fuel4
    		 STRING

    Energy source used in electricity generation or export
    comm_year
    		 STRING

    Year of plant operation, weighted by unit-capacity when data is available
    owner
    		 STRING

    Majority shareholder of the power plant, generally in Romanized form
    source
    		 STRING

    Entity reporting the data; could be an organization, report, or document, generally in Romanized form
    url
    		 STRING

    Web document corresponding to the "source" field
    src_latlon
    		 STRING

    Attribution for geolocation information
    cap_year
    		 DOUBLE

    Year the capacity information was reported
    gwh_2013
    		 DOUBLE

    Electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2013
    gwh_2014
    		 DOUBLE

    Electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2014
    gwh_2015
    		 DOUBLE

    Electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2015
    gwh_2016
    		 DOUBLE

    Electricity generation in gigawatt-hours reported for the year 2016
    gwh_estimt
    		 DOUBLE

    Estimated annual electricity generation in gigawatt-hours for the year 2015

    Terms of Use

    Terms of Use

    CC-BY-4.0

    Citations

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    Code Editor (JavaScript) 

     // Visualization for WRI/GPPD/power_plants 
 var 
  
 table 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ); 
 // Get a color from a fuel 
 var 
  
 fuelColor 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Dictionary 
 ({ 
  
 'Coal' 
 : 
  
 '000000' 
 , 
  
 'Oil' 
 : 
  
 '593704' 
 , 
  
 'Gas' 
 : 
  
 'bc80bd' 
 , 
  
 'Hydro' 
 : 
  
 '0565A6' 
 , 
  
 'Nuclear' 
 : 
  
 'e31a1c' 
 , 
  
 'Solar' 
 : 
  
 'ff7f00' 
 , 
  
 'Waste' 
 : 
  
 '6a3d9a' 
 , 
  
 'Wind' 
 : 
  
 '5ca2d1' 
 , 
  
 'Geothermal' 
 : 
  
 'fdbf6f' 
 , 
  
 'Biomass' 
 : 
  
 '229a00' 
 }); 
 // List of fuels to add to the map 
 var 
  
 fuels 
  
 = 
  
 [ 
  
 'Coal' 
 , 
  
 'Oil' 
 , 
  
 'Gas' 
 , 
  
 'Hydro' 
 , 
  
 'Nuclear' 
 , 
  
 'Solar' 
 , 
  
 'Waste' 
 , 
  
 'Wind' 
 , 
  
 'Geothermal' 
 , 
  
 'Biomass' 
 ]; 
 /** 
 * Computes size from capacity and color from fuel type. 
 * 
 * @param {!ee.Geometry.Point} pt A point 
 * @return {!ee.Geometry.Point} Input point with added style dictionary. 
 */ 
 function 
  
 addStyle 
 ( 
 pt 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 var 
  
 size 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 pt 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 'capacitymw' 
 )). 
 sqrt 
 (). 
 divide 
 ( 
 10 
 ). 
 add 
 ( 
 2 
 ); 
  
 var 
  
 color 
  
 = 
  
 fuelColor 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 pt 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 'fuel1' 
 )); 
  
 return 
  
 pt 
 . 
 set 
 ( 
  
 'styleProperty' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Dictionary 
 ({ 
 'pointSize' 
 : 
  
 size 
 , 
  
 'color' 
 : 
  
 color 
 })); 
 } 
 // Make a FeatureCollection out of the power plant data table. 
 var 
  
 pp 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 table 
 ). 
 map 
 ( 
 addStyle 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 pp 
 . 
 first 
 ()); 
 /** 
 * Adds power plants of a certain fuel type to the map. 
 * 
 * @param {string} fuel A fuel type 
 */ 
 function 
  
 addLayer 
 ( 
 fuel 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 print 
 ( 
 fuel 
 ); 
  
 Map 
 . 
 addLayer 
 ( 
  
 pp 
 . 
 filter 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Filter 
 . 
 eq 
 ( 
 'fuel1' 
 , 
  
 fuel 
 )) 
  
 . 
 style 
 ({ 
 styleProperty 
 : 
  
 'styleProperty' 
 , 
  
 neighborhood 
 : 
  
 50 
 }), 
  
 {}, 
  
 fuel 
 , 
  
 true 
 , 
  
 0.65 
 ); 
 } 
 // Apply `addLayer` to each record in `fuels`. 
 fuelColor 
 . 
 keys 
 (). 
 evaluate 
 ( 
 function 
 ( 
 fuelsList 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 fuelsList 
 . 
 map 
 ( 
 addLayer 
 ); 
 });
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    A FeatureView is a view-only, accelerated representation of a FeatureCollection . For more details, visit the FeatureView documentation.

    Code Editor (JavaScript) 

     var 
  
 fvLayer 
  
 = 
  
 ui 
 . 
 Map 
 . 
 FeatureViewLayer 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants_FeatureView' 
 ); 
 var 
  
 visParams 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 opacity 
 : 
  
 0.65 
 , 
  
 color 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 property 
 : 
  
 'fuel1' 
 , 
  
 categories 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 [ 
 'Coal' 
 , 
  
 '000000' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Oil' 
 , 
  
 '593704' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Gas' 
 , 
  
 'bc80bd' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Hydro' 
 , 
  
 '0565a6' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Nuclear' 
 , 
  
 'e31a1c' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Solar' 
 , 
  
 'ff7f00' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Waste' 
 , 
  
 '6a3d9a' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Wind' 
 , 
  
 '5ca2d1' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Geothermal' 
 , 
  
 'fdbf6f' 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 'Biomass' 
 , 
  
 '229a00' 
 ] 
  
 ], 
  
 defaultValue 
 : 
  
 'ffffff' 
  
 }, 
  
 rules 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 { 
  
 filter 
 : 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Filter 
 . 
 expression 
 ( 
 'capacitymw < 500' 
 ), 
  
 pointSize 
 : 
  
 5 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 filter 
 : 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Filter 
 . 
 expression 
 ( 
 'capacitymw >= 500 AND capacitymw < 1000' 
 ), 
  
 pointSize 
 : 
  
 10 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 filter 
 : 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Filter 
 . 
 expression 
 ( 
 'capacitymw >= 1000' 
 ), 
  
 pointSize 
 : 
  
 15 
 , 
  
 } 
  
 ] 
 }; 
 fvLayer 
 . 
 setVisParams 
 ( 
 visParams 
 ); 
 fvLayer 
 . 
 setName 
 ( 
 'Power plant (fuel type and capacity)' 
 ); 
 Map 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 16 
 , 
  
 49 
 , 
  
 4 
 ); 
 Map 
 . 
 add 
 ( 
 fvLayer 
 );
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