Analysis of the world’s power system and emerging transition epicenters is critical to leveraging current trends and opportunities. What gets built, financed, and connected today shapes climate targets, investment strategy, and energy security for decades to come.
Closed coal mines offer enough cleared land to host 300 GW of solar capacity by 2030.
BRICS nations now account for 94% of global pre-construction coal capacity.
A total of 2,000+ GW of utility-scale solar projects are under development globally.
The worldwide wind and utility-scale solar pipeline grew by 11% in 2025.
Wind and solar capacity are rising to record levels, even as new coal and gas projects advance in major markets. Over the past decade, the energy transition’s center of gravity has shifted toward emerging and developing economies that lead the world in global wind and solar buildouts. But the opportunity spans beyond any single region. Today’s fossil fuel infrastructures and landscapes could even play a crucial role in tomorrow’s clean energy future.
GEM brings asset-level clarity to the energy transition, cataloging operating, proposed, and retired energy facilities and spotlighting the Iconic Zones that could lead the change in infrastructure, capital, and policy. GEM’s tools separate ambition from execution to show where the transition will lock in measurable and lasting change.
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