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Power stations worldwide,
a global power plant database.
Explore power stations across the world. Discover wind farms, solar parks, hydroelectric dams and thermal generation — then see the electricity data behind them.
Official inventories + WRI baseline · Coverage varies · Know the data
Global power plant database and map
Power Stations Worldwide is a global power plant database with 51,483 electricity generating stations across 250 countries and territories. Browse the list of power stations by country, compare world electricity generation capacity by fuel, and find the largest power stations in the world, with owners, grid operators and regulators where sources report them. Every record shows its source, and a plant is called operating only when a source says so.
List of power stations by country
Power plants by technology
Records, status and the energy transition
Start close. Look further.
Brazil
2,360 station records
China
4,235 station records
United States
9,833 station records
South Africa
104 station records
Counts describe records in the official inventories and the WRI baseline, not a current census. Preview geography: Natural Earth.
A planet in transition.
World electricity generation · 2025. Annual data, not a live feed.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
One open reference for the people who run, study and build the grid.
Our goal is to give electricity market and system operators, students and engineers a single, free website to look up power plants, their owners and technology, and the grid operators, regulators and electricity markets of every country — with every figure traced back to its source.
Market & system operators
Compare how other countries organise their grids, who regulates them and which power exchanges and regional pools they use.
Students
Learn how each type of power station works in 3D, read plain energy guides and explore real plants on the map.
Engineers
Find plant capacities, fuels, owners, operators and turbine manufacturers, with links to the official inventories behind them.