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  • Energy access
    Renewable energy

    SE4ALL Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 30, 2017
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    379
    The “Sustainable Energy for all (SE4ALL)” initiative, launched in 2010 by the UN Secretary General, established three global objectives to be accomplished by 2030: to ensure universal access to modern energy services, to double the...
  • Climate

    World - Climate Watch Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 30, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    211
    Climate Watch is an online platform designed to empower policymakers, researchers, media and other stakeholders with the open climate data, visualizations and resources they need to gather insights on national and global progress on...
  • Renewable energy
    Resource assessments
    Wind

    Offshore Wind Technical Potential Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 3, 2021
    Countries:
    Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil + 50
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    2777
    This dataset presents the technical potential for offshore wind development at the country level, split into potential for fixed and floating foundations. The files are grouped per WB regions and delivered in PDF, .SHP, .KMZ (CRS:4326)...
  • Resource assessments

    World- Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources: Shale Basins Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 31, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    200
    The West Virginia Geographic Information Systems Technical Center (WVGISTC) and West Virginia University (WVU) collaborated with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to compile digital GIS geometry and attribute data of major natural...
  • Energy access

    World - Night Light Annual Composite Popular

    Last Updated:
    May 31, 2019
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    244
    The Earth Observations Group (EOG) at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is producing a version 1 suite of average radiance composite images using nighttime data from the...
  • Energy access

    Access to MECS Players Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 30, 2021
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    332
    Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). 2020. Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services: Players and Initiatives Database. Washington, DC: World Bank.
  • Climate

    Methane Tracker Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 22, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    237
    The database is subject to the IEA’s Terms and Conditions, available at https://www.iea.org/terms. This database presents the IEA’s country-by-country estimates of energy-related methane emissions. For the oil and gas sector, we present...
  • Climate
    Renewable energy

    Climatescope - Mapping the Global Frontiers for Clean Energy Investment Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 4, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    908
    Climatescope 2017 tracks the conditions for clean energy investment on and off the grid, and provides a wealth of publicly-available information on 71 emerging markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America & the Caribbean. To learn more,...
  • Renewable energy
    Resource assessments
    Wind

    World - Wind Speed and Power Density GIS Data Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 20, 2020
    Countries:
    Bermuda, Canada, United States
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    772
    GeoTIFF raster data with worldwide wind speed and wind power density potential. The GIS data stems from the Global Wind Atlas (http://globalwindatlas.info/). This link provides access to the following layers: (1) Wind speed (WS): at 3...
  • Resource assessments

    World - UNEP IRP Global Material Flows Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 30, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    633
    Material flows and resource productivity indicators are central to monitoring the changing patterns of resource use as global economies grow. They are essential for monitoring progress towards SDG targets 8.4 ‘Resource Productivity’ and...
  • Solar

    World - Solar Stations Inventory Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 14, 2023
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    716
    This dataset is a global inventory of known solar stations for which there is access to corresponding solar radiation measurement data, which aims to help improve developing country's knowledge and awareness of solar resources. Users are...
  • Energy access
    Transmission and distribution

    Global Transmission Network Popular

    Last Updated:
    October 6, 2023
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    590
    This dataset contains a vector shapefile of global transmission networks from OSM power lines, from 2016.
  • Resource assessments

    World - USGS Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 4, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    193
    The Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources dataset shows the locations of the Assessment Units (AUs) in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) World Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources. The assessment was conducted in 2012 and...
  • Solar
    Transmission and distribution

    World - Top 70 Floating Solar PV Plants Popular

    Last Updated:
    October 16, 2023
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    188
    List of largest floating solar PV plants globally, prepared by Solarplaza and made available through http://www.solarassetmanagement.us/. Last updated November 2016 More information, and background article available at...
  • Climate
    Environment

    Global - Annual Average Methane Concentration Popular

    Last Updated:
    October 22, 2019
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    186
    This raster maps average atmospheric methane concentrations in 2016. The data used to create it is from the NASA Aqua satellite (specifically the AIRS instrument) that records monthly average atmospheric methane concentrations. AIRS...
  • Extractive industries

    World - Extractive Industry Payments to Governments Popular

    Last Updated:
    December 14, 2020
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    226
    Project-level payments to governments disclosed by extractive industry companies. The data covers payments related to the extraction of petroleum or mineral resources made by over 700 companies to governments in 150+ countries. This...
  • Renewable energy
    Resource assessments
    Wind

    World - Wind Speed and Wind Power Potential Maps Popular

    Last Updated:
    May 31, 2019
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    572
    Maps with worldwide wind speed and wind power density potential. The GIS data stems from the Global Wind Atlas (http://globalwindatlas.info/). The link provides poster size (.pdf) and midsize maps (.png).
  • Energy access
    Energy efficiency
    Renewable energy

    World - Global Tracking Framework Popular

    Last Updated:
    May 31, 2019
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    817
    The Global Tracking Framework (GTF) measures how the world is progressing toward Sustainable Energy for All, tracking country-level indicators for energy access, renewable energy and energy efficiency. The third edition of the GTF...
  • Geothermal
    Renewable energy

    Selected Countries - Geothermal Investments Popular

    Last Updated:
    May 31, 2019
    Countries:
    Armenia, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, China, Colombia, Costa Rica + 14
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa
    Views:
    424
    This dataset tracks investments in geothermal power projects by Multi-lateral Development Banks (MDBs) since the ‘70s and the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) more recently. All the information by project has been obtained from public...
  • Energy demand
    Renewable energy

    World - Electricity generation by country/area (GWh) by Country/area, Technol... Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 4, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    500
    Detailed, accurate and timely data and statistics are essential for the monitoring and evaluation of renewable energy policies and deployment. IRENA helps analysts, policy makers and the public make informed decisions by providing access...
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