Metadata: Global Coal Plant Tracker

Citation

Copyright
© Global Energy Monitor. Global Coal Plant Tracker, January 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Citation
"Global Energy Monitor, Global Coal Plant Tracker, January 2026 release." (See the CC license for attribution requirements if sharing or adapting the data set.)
Contact
Christine Shearer, Project Manager, Global Energy Monitor - [email protected]

Field Categories

IDs, Names, Geography, Main, Size, Age, Details, Reference, Ownership, CO2 estimates

Fields (49)

CategoryFieldCode NameTypeRequiredAllowed ValuesRegex
IDs GEM unit/phase ID gem_unit_phase_id text/structured Yes ^G\d+$
IDs GEM location ID gem_location_id text/structured Yes ^L\d+$
Geography Country/Area country_area text/categorical Yes
Reference Wiki URL wiki_url text/structured Yes ^https://www.gem.wiki/.*
Names Plant name plant_name text/unstructured Yes
Names Unit name unit_name text/unstructured Yes
Names Plant name (other) plant_name_other text/unstructured
Names Plant name (local) plant_name_local text/unstructured
Ownership Owner owner text/unstructured
Ownership Owner GEM Entity ID owner_gem_entity_id text/structured ^E\d+$
Ownership Parent parent text/unstructured
Ownership Parent GEM Entity ID parent_gem_entity_id text/structured ^E\d+$
Size Capacity (MW) capacity_mw numeric/measurement Yes
Main Status status text/categorical Yes operating, retired, cancelled, construction, announced, shelved, permitted, pre-
Age Start year start_year datetime/year
Age Retired year retired_year datetime/year
Details Planned retirement planned_retirement datetime/year
Details Coal phaseout year coal_phaseout_year datetime/year Yes
Details Net zero year net_zero_year datetime/year Yes
Main Combustion technology combustion_technology text/categorical Yes subcritical, unknown, supercritical, ultra-supercritical, IGCC, ultra-supercriti
Main Coal type coal_type text/categorical Yes unknown, bituminous, lignite, subbituminous, anthracite, waste coal, unknown wit
Main Coal source coal_source text/unstructured
Details Conversion to (fuel) conversion_to_fuel text/unstructured
Details Conversion to (GEM unit ID) conversion_to_gem_unit_id text/structured ^\D\d+$
Details Alternate Fuel alternate_fuel text/categorical bioenergy, fossil gas, fossil liquids, other, industrial by-product
Geography Location location text/unstructured
Geography Local area (Taluk, county) local_area_taluk_county text/unstructured Yes
Geography Major area (prefecture, district) major_area_prefecture_district text/unstructured Yes
Geography Subnational unit (province, state) subnational_unit_province_state text/unstructured Yes
Geography Subregion subregion text/categorical Yes Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Northern America, Eastern Europe, South-eastern Asi
Geography Region region text/categorical Yes Asia, Europe, Americas, Africa, Oceania
Geography Latitude latitude numeric/ Yes
Geography Longitude longitude numeric/ Yes
Geography Location accuracy location_accuracy text/accuracy Yes exact, approximate
Details Permits permits text/unstructured
Details Permit Date permit_date datetime/
Details Permit Parsed permit_parsed text/unstructured
Details Captive captive text/categorical aluminum, chemicals, iron & steel, pulp & paper, other metals & mining, nickel,
Details Captive industry use captive_industry_use text/categorical both, power, heat
Details Captive residential use captive_residential_use text/categorical heat, both, power, none
Details CHP chp text/categorical yes, no, not found
Details China capacity payment recipient china_capacity_payment_recipient boolean/
CO2 estimates Capacity factor capacity_factor numeric/ Yes
CO2 estimates Plant age (years) plant_age_years numeric/measurement Yes
CO2 estimates Remaining plant lifetime (years) remaining_plant_lifetime_years numeric/measurement
Details Heat rate (Btu per kWh) heat_rate_btu_per_kwh numeric/measurement
Details Emission factor (kg of CO2 per TJ) emission_factor_kg_of_co2_per_tj numeric/measurement Yes
Details Annual CO2 (million tonnes / annum) annual_co2_million_tonnes___annum numeric/measurement Yes
Details Lifetime CO2 (million tonnes) lifetime_co2_million_tonnes numeric/measurement Yes