{
  "citation": {
    "description": "Operating status taxonomy for GEM asset data. Canonical sub-statuses grouped under top-level status buckets.",
    "source": "Status standardization for coal and ownership trackers, March 2025."
  },
  "statusGroupsOrdered": [
    "cancelled",
    "operating",
    "planned",
    "retired"
  ],
  "statusesDetail": [
    {
      "name": "shelved",
      "label": "Shelved",
      "status_group": "cancelled",
      "description": "Proposed projects that aren't moving forward but haven't been formally cancelled",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine",
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-ore-mine",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Projects where sufficient evidence is found to indicate that a project is no longer moving forward, but not enough to declare it definitively cancelled. Projects where construction has been put on hold are also considered \"shelved.\" A project that shows no activity over a period of 2 years is categorized as \"shelved\" unless there is evidence to the contrary.",
      "gipt_definition": "Suspension of the project has been announced, or no progress has been observed for at least two years."
    },
    {
      "name": "cancelled",
      "label": "Cancelled",
      "status_group": "cancelled",
      "description": "Proposed projects that have been formally cancelled",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine",
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "iron-ore-mine",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline",
        "cement-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "In some cases a sponsor announces that it has cancelled a project. More often a project fails to advance and then quietly disappears from related documents. In addition, a plant that shows no activity or with no known developments over a period of 4 years is categorized as \"cancelled,\" unless there is evidence to the contrary. Proposed projects that are switched to natural gas are considered \"cancelled\" as coal plants.",
      "gipt_definition": "A cancellation announcement for the project has been made, or no progress has been observed for at least four years."
    },
    {
      "name": "cancelled_inferred",
      "label": "Cancelled (inferred)",
      "status_group": "cancelled",
      "description": "Proposed projects assumed to have been cancelled based of four years without observed progress",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant"
      ],
      "gipt_definition": "Inferred status based on lack of observed progress for 4 years"
    },
    {
      "name": "shelved_inferred",
      "label": "Shelved (inferred)",
      "status_group": "cancelled",
      "description": "Proposed projects assumed to have been shelved based of two years without observed progress",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant"
      ],
      "gipt_definition": "Inferred status based on lack of observed progress for 2 years"
    },
    {
      "name": "mixed_status",
      "label": "Mixed Status",
      "status_group": "operating",
      "description": "Pipeline with mixed operating statuses across segments.",
      "applies_to": [
        "gas-pipeline"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "operating",
      "label": "Operating",
      "status_group": "operating",
      "description": "Projects currently in commercial operation",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine",
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "iron-ore-mine",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline",
        "cement-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Units that have been formally commissioned or that have entered commercial operation.",
      "gipt_definition": "The project has been formally commissioned; commercial operation has begun."
    },
    {
      "name": "operating_pre_retirement",
      "label": "Operating Pre-retirement",
      "status_group": "operating",
      "description": "Projects still operating pre-retirement",
      "applies_to": [
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "cement-plant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "proposed",
      "label": "Proposed",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Projects that have been proposed",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine",
        "iron-ore-mine",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "construction",
      "label": "Construction",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Projects where physical construction has begun",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline",
        "cement-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Projects where physical construction (i.e. concrete and steel, not just a ground-breaking ceremony or early site preparation) has begun.",
      "gipt_definition": "Projects where site preparation and/or equipment installation are underway."
    },
    {
      "name": "permitted",
      "label": "Permitted",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Projects that have been permitted for construction",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Projects that have secured all environmental permits but have not broken ground. In India the key criterion for moving a project from \"pre-permit\" to \"permitted\" is the approval of an \"environmental clearance\" (EC) by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change. In China, \"permitted\" means a plant has received a permit from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), allowing for construction, or the equivalent approval at the province level."
    },
    {
      "name": "pre_permit",
      "label": "Pre-permit",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Projects that have moved forward towards permitting and construction, but have not yet been fully permitted",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Projects that have actively moved forward in one or more of the following ways: applying for environmental permits, acquiring land, acquiring coal, acquiring water rights, acquiring transmission arrangements, or securing financing. In India the key criterion for moving a project from \"announced\" to \"pre-permit\" is the existence of a \"terms of reference\" (TOR) letter by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change. In China, \"pre-permit\" means a feasibility study has been completed."
    },
    {
      "name": "announced",
      "label": "Announced",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Projects that have been announced",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "cement-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Projects that have appeared in corporate or governmental planning documents but have not yet moved actively forward by applying for permits or seeking land, coal, or financing.",
      "gipt_definition": "Projects that have been publicly reported in corporate or governmental planning documents or media coverage but not yet actively moving forward by applying for permits or seeking land, material, or financing."
    },
    {
      "name": "pre_construction",
      "label": "Pre-construction",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Projects actively moving forward towards permitting and construction, but that haven't broken ground",
      "applies_to": [
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant"
      ],
      "gipt_definition": "Projects that are actively moving forward in seeking governmental approvals, land rights, or financing (the sum of 'pre-permit' and 'permitted' statuses in the Global Coal Plant Tracker)"
    },
    {
      "name": "unknown",
      "label": "Unknown",
      "status_group": "planned",
      "description": "Operating status unknown",
      "applies_to": [
        "iron-ore-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "mothballed",
      "label": "Mothballed",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Projects that have been deactivated or put into an inactive state but are not retired.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine",
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "iron-ore-mine",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline",
        "cement-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Units that have been deactivated or put into an inactive state but are not retired.",
      "gipt_definition": "The project is disused, but not dismantled."
    },
    {
      "name": "retired",
      "label": "Retired",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Projects that have been permanently decommissioned or converted to another fuel.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-plant",
        "oil-gas-plant",
        "bioenergy-plant",
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "iron-ore-mine",
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline",
        "cement-plant"
      ],
      "ownership_tracker_definition": "Units that have been permanently decommissioned or converted to another fuel.",
      "gipt_definition": "The project has been decommissioned or dismantled; this term is also used if the plant has been destroyed by war."
    },
    {
      "name": "mothballed_pre_retirement",
      "label": "Mothballed Pre-retirement",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Projects that have been deactivated or put into an inactive state ahead of a planned retirement",
      "applies_to": [
        "iron-steel-plant",
        "cement-plant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "idle",
      "label": "Idle",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Projects that are not actively in use",
      "applies_to": [
        "gas-pipeline",
        "oil-pipeline"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "abandoned",
      "label": "Abandoned",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mines that have been abandoned.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "demolished",
      "label": "Demolished",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mines that have been demolished.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "historic_landmark",
      "label": "Historic Landmark",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mine sites designated as historic landmarks.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "other",
      "label": "Other",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mines with other post-closure status.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "reclamation",
      "label": "Reclamation",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mine sites undergoing reclamation.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "rehabilitation",
      "label": "Rehabilitation",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mine sites undergoing rehabilitation.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "renewable_energy_site",
      "label": "Renewable Energy Site",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mine sites converted to renewable energy use.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "repurpose",
      "label": "Repurpose",
      "status_group": "retired",
      "description": "Closed coal mine sites being repurposed.",
      "applies_to": [
        "coal-mine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_value_mappings": {
    "shelved": "shelved",
    "cancelled": "cancelled",
    "cancelled - inferred 4 y": "cancelled_inferred",
    "shelved - inferred 2 y": "shelved_inferred",
    "mixed status": "mixed_status",
    "operating": "operating",
    "operating pre-retirement": "operating_pre_retirement",
    "proposed": "proposed",
    "construction": "construction",
    "permitted": "permitted",
    "pre-permit": "pre_permit",
    "announced": "announced",
    "pre-construction": "pre_construction",
    "unknown": "unknown",
    "mothballed": "mothballed",
    "retired": "retired",
    "mothballed pre-retirement": "mothballed_pre_retirement",
    "idle": "idle",
    "abandoned": "abandoned",
    "demolished": "demolished",
    "historic_landmark": "historic_landmark",
    "historic landmark/museum": "historic_landmark",
    "other": "other",
    "reclamation": "reclamation",
    "rehabilitation": "rehabilitation",
    "renewable_energy_site": "renewable_energy_site",
    "renewable energy site": "renewable_energy_site",
    "repurpose": "repurpose",
    "unspecified": "unspecified",
    "Unspecified": "unspecified"
  },
  "statuses": {
    "cancelled": {
      "label": "Cancelled",
      "sub_statuses": {
        "shelved": {
          "label": "Shelved",
          "description": "Proposed projects that aren't moving forward but haven't been formally cancelled"
        },
        "cancelled": {
          "label": "Cancelled",
          "description": "Proposed projects that have been formally cancelled"
        },
        "cancelled_inferred": {
          "label": "Cancelled (inferred)",
          "description": "Proposed projects assumed to have been cancelled based of four years without observed progress"
        },
        "shelved_inferred": {
          "label": "Shelved (inferred)",
          "description": "Proposed projects assumed to have been shelved based of two years without observed progress"
        }
      }
    },
    "operating": {
      "label": "Operating",
      "sub_statuses": {
        "mixed_status": {
          "label": "Mixed Status",
          "description": "Pipeline with mixed operating statuses across segments."
        },
        "operating": {
          "label": "Operating",
          "description": "Projects currently in commercial operation"
        },
        "operating_pre_retirement": {
          "label": "Operating Pre-retirement",
          "description": "Projects still operating pre-retirement"
        }
      }
    },
    "planned": {
      "label": "Planned",
      "sub_statuses": {
        "proposed": {
          "label": "Proposed",
          "description": "Projects that have been proposed"
        },
        "construction": {
          "label": "Construction",
          "description": "Projects where physical construction has begun"
        },
        "permitted": {
          "label": "Permitted",
          "description": "Projects that have been permitted for construction"
        },
        "pre_permit": {
          "label": "Pre-permit",
          "description": "Projects that have moved forward towards permitting and construction, but have not yet been fully permitted"
        },
        "announced": {
          "label": "Announced",
          "description": "Projects that have been announced"
        },
        "pre_construction": {
          "label": "Pre-construction",
          "description": "Projects actively moving forward towards permitting and construction, but that haven't broken ground"
        },
        "unknown": {
          "label": "Unknown",
          "description": "Operating status unknown"
        }
      }
    },
    "retired": {
      "label": "Retired",
      "sub_statuses": {
        "mothballed": {
          "label": "Mothballed",
          "description": "Projects that have been deactivated or put into an inactive state but are not retired."
        },
        "retired": {
          "label": "Retired",
          "description": "Projects that have been permanently decommissioned or converted to another fuel."
        },
        "mothballed_pre_retirement": {
          "label": "Mothballed Pre-retirement",
          "description": "Projects that have been deactivated or put into an inactive state ahead of a planned retirement"
        },
        "idle": {
          "label": "Idle",
          "description": "Projects that are not actively in use"
        },
        "abandoned": {
          "label": "Abandoned",
          "description": "Closed coal mines that have been abandoned."
        },
        "demolished": {
          "label": "Demolished",
          "description": "Closed coal mines that have been demolished."
        },
        "historic_landmark": {
          "label": "Historic Landmark",
          "description": "Closed coal mine sites designated as historic landmarks."
        },
        "other": {
          "label": "Other",
          "description": "Closed coal mines with other post-closure status."
        },
        "reclamation": {
          "label": "Reclamation",
          "description": "Closed coal mine sites undergoing reclamation."
        },
        "rehabilitation": {
          "label": "Rehabilitation",
          "description": "Closed coal mine sites undergoing rehabilitation."
        },
        "renewable_energy_site": {
          "label": "Renewable Energy Site",
          "description": "Closed coal mine sites converted to renewable energy use."
        },
        "repurpose": {
          "label": "Repurpose",
          "description": "Closed coal mine sites being repurposed."
        },
        "unspecified": {
          "label": "Unspecified",
          "description": "Closed assets with no specific closure status recorded. Used for closed mine rows where Mine Site Status is empty or unknown."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}