Global Energy Monitor
Global Energy Monitor (GEM) is an independent nonprofit that develops and analyzes open-source data on energy infrastructure worldwide, from power plants and coal mines to steel facilities and shipping terminals. GEM provides verifiable, publicly accessible trackers and interactive maps that empower governments, financial institutions, journalists, and researchers to drive a just and transparent energy transition. Its comprehensive datasets cover all major energy sources and include details on ownership, financiers, project status, timelines, and emissions.
- Data & Analytics
- Clean Technology
- Energy
- Software Only
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Problem
Policymakers, financial institutions, journalists, and researchers lack a single, reliable, and open source of truth for global energy infrastructure data. Fragmented and often proprietary information on power plants, mines, and industry facilities hinders evidence-based decision-making and accountability in the worldwide transition to sustainable energy.
Solution
Global Energy Monitor (GEM) provides open access to one of the most comprehensive and trusted energy sector databases in the world)Skip. GEM develops and analyzes data on energy infrastructure, resources, and uses, covering existing and planned projects across all major energy sources. The organization maintains trackers that are publicly available through user-friendly interactive maps, summary tables, and dashboards, offering data on ownership, financiers, project status, timelines, and emissions. GEM's expert staff also produce analytical reports and briefings, frequently collaborating with leading institutions, to translate raw data into actionable insights that drive change in support of a just energy transition.
Target Audience
GEM serves a broad coalition of stakeholders shaping the energy transition, including governments, financial institutions, journalists, researchers, and environmental advocates. Its data and analysis are also used by academics, activists, businesses, and national and international agencies to support accountable and effective decision-making.
Features
- Maintains a wide portfolio of global trackers covering coal plants, mines, and terminals, oil and gas extraction and infrastructure, solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, bioenergy, nuclear, and heavy industry (iron, steel, cement, and chemicals).
- Publicly accessible datasets include detailed information on ownership, financiers, project status, timelines, and emissions.
- Presents data through user-friendly interactive maps, summary tables, and dashboards for easy analysis and exploration.
- Produces flagship analytical reports such as Boom and Bust Coal, Pedal to the Metal, and the Wind and Solar Year in Review, which are widely cited by media and institutions.
- Includes specialized financial and corporate trackers for energy ownership, private equity, and coal and gas project finance to increase accountability.
- Offers a GEM.wiki platform that serves as a shared knowledge base for detailed energy infrastructure information.