The World Resources Institute Global Power Plant Database version 1.3 under CC BY 4.0, covering 34,936 plants across 167 countries.

What does a plant record include?

Name, country, capacity in MW, coordinates, primary and secondary fuels, commissioning year, owner, the latest reported annual generation with its year, and WRI's model-estimated generation where reporting is absent.

Can I search by location?

Yes. The nearest endpoint returns plants closest to a coordinate with distances, optionally filtered by fuel and minimum capacity.

The database is a point-in-time compilation. Reported generation values carry their year, and the dataset is reloaded when WRI publishes a new version.

Does it include planned plants?

No. Only operating plants in the WRI compilation are included.

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Power Plants API

34,936 power plants in 167 countries with capacity, fuel, coordinates and annual generation

The world's power infrastructure, queryable. WRI's Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0): 34,936 plants across 167 countries — from the Three Gorges Dam (22,500 MW, the planet's largest) to 10,665 solar farms — each with capacity, coordinates, primary and secondary fuels, commissioning year, owner, and the latest reported annual generation with its year (Hoover Dam NV: 2,175.7 GWh in 2019) plus a model-estimated figure where reporting is absent. Search by name or owner, filter by country, fuel and minimum capacity (USA + Nuclear = 58 plants, Palo Verde first at 4,209.6 MW), pull capacity aggregates by fuel or country (global coal: 2,330 plants, 1.97 TW; nuclear: 195 plants, 408 GW), or ask what's near a point (Las Vegas → a 358.9 MW gas station 7.1 km out). Energy analytics, grid research, ESG screening, site selection, journalism and climate tooling — the reference open dataset for the world's generation fleet.

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response.json

{
  "ok": true,
  "plant": {
    "id": "USA0000154",
    "name": "Hoover Dam (NV)",
    "country": "USA",
    "country_name": "United States of America",
    "capacity_mw": 1039.4,
    "lat": 36.0155,
    "lng": -114.738,
    "primary_fuel": "Hydro",
    "other_fuels": [],
    "commissioning_year": 1940,
    "owner": "U S Bureau of Reclamation",
    "generation_gwh": 2175.715,
    "generation_year": 2019,
    "estimated_generation_gwh": 2537.25
  }
}

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Use cases for Power Plants API

Map the power plants near a site or along a route with fuel type and capacity.
Compute a country's generation mix by fuel for energy reports and sustainability pages.
Find the largest plants by capacity, from Three Gorges at 22,500 MW down to local solar farms.
Enrich an asset or owner record with every plant an operator runs.

Power Plants API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETCapacity Stats
GETData Sources
GETNearest Plants
GETPlant Detail
GETSearch Plants

GETCapacity Stats

https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/stats

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
by	fuel	Optional
country	USA	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/stats?by=fuel&country=USA" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "by": "fuel",
  "country": "USA",
  "stats": [
    {
      "group": "Gas",
      "plants": 1818,
      "capacity_mw": 546435.8
    },
    {
      "group": "Coal",
      "plants": 286,
      "capacity_mw": 249149.1
    },
    {
      "group": "Wind",
      "plants": 1139,
      "capacity_mw": 104476.9
    },
    {
      "group": "Nuclear",
      "plants": 58,
      "capacity_mw": 104233.1
    },
    {
      "group": "Hydro",
      "plants": 1449,
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{
  "ok": true,
  "by": "fuel",
  "country": "USA",
  "stats": [
    {
      "group": "Gas",
      "plants": 1818,
      "capacity_mw": 546435.8
    },
    {
      "group": "Coal",
      "plants": 286,
      "capacity_mw": 249149.1
    },
    {
      "group": "Wind",
      "plants": 1139,
      "capacity_mw": 104476.9
    },
    {
      "group": "Nuclear",
      "plants": 58,
      "capacity_mw": 104233.1
    },
    {
      "group": "Hydro",
      "plants": 1449,
      "capacity_mw": 101656.9
    },
    {
      "group": "Solar",
      "plants": 3283,
      "capacity_mw": 37970.3
    },
    {
      "group": "Oil",
      "plants": 876,
      "capacity_mw": 37143.4
    },
    {
      "group": "Waste",
      "plants": 541,
      "capacity_mw": 9768.5
    },
    {
      "group": "Biomass",
      "plants": 153,
      "capacity_mw": 5123.2
    },
    {
      "group": "Geothermal",
      "plants": 65,
      "capacity_mw": 3889.2
    },
    {
      "group": "Petcoke",
      "plants": 11,
      "capacity_mw": 2361.6
    },
    {
      "group": "Cogeneration",
      "plants": 34,
      "capacity_mw": 1042
    },
    {
      "group": "Storage",
      "plants": 104,
      "capacity_mw": 815.6
    },
    {
      "group": "Other",
      "plants": 16,
      "capacity_mw": 572.4
    }
  ]
}

GETData Sources

https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/sources

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "wri-gppd",
      "name": "Global Power Plant Database v1.3",
      "publisher": "World Resources Institute",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
      "source_url": "https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase",
      "file_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wri/global-power-plant-database/master/output_database/global_power_plant_database.csv",
      "cadence": "static release (v1.3, 2021); re-scrape on new release",
      "record_count": 34936,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-06"
    }
  ]
}

GETNearest Plants

https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/nearest

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
lat	36.17	Required
lng	-115.14	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/nearest?lat=36.17&lng=-115.14" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "query": {
    "lat": 36.17,
    "lng": -115.14
  },
  "plants": [
    {
      "id": "USA0010761",
      "name": "Las Vegas Generating Station",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 358.9,
      "lat": 36.2319,
      "lng": -115.1222,
      "primary_fuel": "Gas",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 2001,
      "owner": "Nevada Power Co",
      "generation_gwh": 196.104,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 1265.65,
      "distance_km": 7.1
    },
    {
      "id": "USA0057348",
      "name": "CityCenter Central Plant Cogen Units",
      "country": "USA",
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{
  "ok": true,
  "query": {
    "lat": 36.17,
    "lng": -115.14
  },
  "plants": [
    {
      "id": "USA0010761",
      "name": "Las Vegas Generating Station",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 358.9,
      "lat": 36.2319,
      "lng": -115.1222,
      "primary_fuel": "Gas",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 2001,
      "owner": "Nevada Power Co",
      "generation_gwh": 196.104,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 1265.65,
      "distance_km": 7.1
    },
    {
      "id": "USA0057348",
      "name": "CityCenter Central Plant Cogen Units",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 8.6,
      "lat": 36.1039,
      "lng": -115.1794,
      "primary_fuel": "Gas",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 2010,
      "owner": "CityCenter Land LLC",
      "generation_gwh": 63.1296,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 30.32,
      "distance_km": 8.2
    },
    {
      "id": "USA0059919",
      "name": "Nellis Solar PV II",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 15,
      "lat": 36.2067,
      "lng": -115.0477,
      "primary_fuel": "Solar",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 2015,
      "owner": "Nevada Power Co",
      "generation_gwh": 39.444,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 37.79,
      "distance_km": 9.2
    }
  ]
}

GETPlant Detail

https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/{id}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
id	USA0000154	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/USA0000154" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "plant": {
    "id": "USA0000154",
    "name": "Hoover Dam (NV)",
    "country": "USA",
    "country_name": "United States of America",
    "capacity_mw": 1039.4,
    "lat": 36.0155,
    "lng": -114.738,
    "primary_fuel": "Hydro",
    "other_fuels": [],
    "commissioning_year": 1940,
    "owner": "U S Bureau of Reclamation",
    "generation_gwh": 2175.715,
    "generation_year": 2019,
    "estimated_generation_gwh": 2537.25
  }
}

GETSearch Plants

https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
country	USA	Optional
fuel		Optional
min_capacity_mw		Optional
q	hoover	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants?country=USA&q=hoover" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 25,
  "total": 2,
  "total_pages": 1,
  "units": {
    "capacity_mw": "MW",
    "generation_gwh": "GWh/yr"
  },
  "plants": [
    {
      "id": "USA0000154",
      "name": "Hoover Dam (NV)",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 1039.4,
      "lat": 36.0155,
      "lng": -114.738,
      "primary_fuel": "Hydro",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 1940,
      "owner": "U S Bureau of Reclamation",
      "generation_gwh": 2175.715,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 2537.25
    },
    {
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{
  "ok": true,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 25,
  "total": 2,
  "total_pages": 1,
  "units": {
    "capacity_mw": "MW",
    "generation_gwh": "GWh/yr"
  },
  "plants": [
    {
      "id": "USA0000154",
      "name": "Hoover Dam (NV)",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 1039.4,
      "lat": 36.0155,
      "lng": -114.738,
      "primary_fuel": "Hydro",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 1940,
      "owner": "U S Bureau of Reclamation",
      "generation_gwh": 2175.715,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 2537.25
    },
    {
      "id": "USA0008902",
      "name": "Hoover Dam (AZ)",
      "country": "USA",
      "country_name": "United States of America",
      "capacity_mw": 1039.4,
      "lat": 36.0155,
      "lng": -114.738,
      "primary_fuel": "Hydro",
      "other_fuels": [],
      "commissioning_year": 1944,
      "owner": "U S Bureau of Reclamation",
      "generation_gwh": 1156.197,
      "generation_year": 2019,
      "estimated_generation_gwh": 2537.25
    }
  ]
}

Where the data comes from

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0).
Freshness: Reloaded when WRI publishes a new version; generation values carry their reporting year.

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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/stats',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

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Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

Available Endpoints

Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Query Parameters

by(Optional)

country(Optional)

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-power-plants.dataandapis.com/v1/power-plants/stats';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});