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World power plants — WRI 1.3.0 archive

Power plant locations, primary fuel types, and capacities from the archived WRI Global Power Plant Database.

Preview of World power plants — WRI 1.3.0 archive
World Resources Institute

About this dataset

  • This is the version 1.3.0 archive. WRI stopped maintaining the database in 2022.
  • Each point represents a source plant record. It does not confirm current operation.
  • Use fuel and capacity fields to compare the historical distribution of power generation sites.
  • Capacity is in megawatts. It is not electricity generated over a period.
  • Coverage and record dates vary by country. The archive was retrieved on 15 September 2026.

Source and licence

World Resources Institute

Licence: CC BY 4.0

GeoJSON download details

The download includes all 34,936 features as points. Coordinates use longitude and latitude in WGS84.

The preparation date is when we prepared this dataset. Read the source notes for the dates covered by the data.

GeoJSON fields 6
name
Plant name.
source_id
WRI plant identifier.
country
Country name.
fuel
Primary fuel type.
capacity_mw
Plant capacity in megawatts.
source_url
Original record source URL.