Data repository for solar and meteorological ground measurements from a network of weather stations in West Africa. The data is provided in the framework of the West African Power Pool project: "Solar Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -...

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,...

This dataset consists of grid connected solar installations. Their installed capacities in kilowatts (kW) are also provided. This dataset was last updated in June 2014. Citation: Ghana Energy Commission & Negawatt challenge. A curated...

Data for power plants in Swaziland with total installed generating capacity 10 mw from the Platts World Electric Power Plants Database (WEPP 2006).

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning. The GEP provides a high-level overview of the...

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 for one’s own analysis. The database...

"This database has been collected by ESMAP as validation exercise for the multi-tier energy access questionnaire in Malawi. The multi-tier definition and measurement of energy access is an innovative approach that goes beyond the...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning. The GEP provides a high-level overview of the...

This dataset represents potential mini-grid projects; these projects were identified through a least-cost geospatial analysis undertaken over the period 2017-2018. Each project (defined by the unique “mg_Name”) includes generator...

This dataset contains solar rooftop potential data (suitable rooftop area, installable capacity, estimated yearly electricity generation, and building type ) at individual building structure level for a sample area of interest in...

This dataset contains solar rooftop potential data (suitable rooftop area, installable capacity, estimated yearly electricity generation, and building type ) at individual building structure level for a sample area of interest in Manila....

This dataset contains the input parameters for Model for Electricity Technology Assessment (META) tool for US, Romania, Jamaica and India (base year 2010). Furthermore, the META projected costs for 2015 and 2020 are presented.

Data for power plants in Botswana with total installed generating capacity 10 mw from the Platts World Electric Power Plants Database (WEPP 2006).

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning. The GEP provides a high-level overview of the...

Data repository for solar measurements from 4 WB funded stations in Armenia. The four solar measuring stations and the associated measurement campaign have been financed by the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) as part of the...

Data for replicating The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History, and the Role of Trade (forthcoming 2018; with Vernon Henderson, Tim Squires and David N. Weil) Quarterly Journal of Economics We explore the role...

This dataset contains solar rooftop potential data (suitable rooftop area, installable capacity, estimated yearly electricity generation, and building type ) at individual building structure level for a sample area of interest in...

The Distrubuted Renewable Energy (DRE) Atlas is an open-access, publicly accessible, web-based, and interactive platform providing detailed information on settlements across 58 countries. This platform enables users to easily navigate...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning. The GEP provides a high-level overview of the...

"The Africa Power–Mining Database 2014 shows ongoing and forthcoming mining projects in Africa categorized by the type of mineral, ore grade, size of the project. The database draws on basic mining data from Infomine surveys, the United...