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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...
  • Hydropower
    Renewable energy
    Resource assessments

    Indonesia - Small Hydro GIS Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 16, 2020
    Countries:
    Indonesia
    Regions:
    South Asia
    Views:
    461
    The GIS database has been developed by under the Small Hydropower Mapping and Improved Geospatial Electrification Planning in Indonesia Project [Project ID: P145273]. The scope of the project was to facilitate and improve the planning...
  • Hydropower
    Solar

    West Africa and India - Hydropower Dams Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 16, 2020
    Countries:
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea + 8
    Regions:
    Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    277
    This database contains parameters gathered after an assessment of the technological potential for development of floating solar photovoltaic (PV) projects on existing hydropower dams and other reservoirs, starting with a pilot in FY18...
  • 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...
  • Physical features
    Water

    Global - Dams Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 28, 2023
    Countries:
    Angola, Egypt, India, Morocco, Madagascar + 4
    Regions:
    Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    540
    This database contains parameters gathered after an assessment of the technological potential for development of floating solar photovoltaic (PV) projects on existing hydropower dams and other reservoirs, starting with a pilot in FY18...
  • 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...
  • Hydropower
    Renewable energy

    Vietnam - Small Hydro Mapping: Existing and Potential Projects Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 16, 2020
    Countries:
    Viet Nam
    Regions:
    South Asia
    Views:
    282
    It is one of several outputs from the small hydro resource mapping component of the activity “Renewable Energy Resource Mapping and Geospatial Planning – Vietnam” [Project ID: P145513]. This output is the result of the digitization of...
  • Solar

    Vietnam - Solar Radiation Measurement Data Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 27, 2023
    Countries:
    Viet Nam
    Regions:
    East Asia and Pacific, South Asia
    Views:
    490
    Data repository for measurements from 5 automated solar stations in Vietnam. Data will be uploaded in batches, on a monthly basis, and will transmit daily reports on 1 minute average values for solar radiation levels, temperature, air...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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