Global Solar Power Tracker

Distributed Solar Capacity by Country/Area

Utility-Scale Solar Farm Phase Count by Country/Area

Utility-Scale Solar Farm Capacity by Region and Subregion (MWac)

Utility-Scale Solar Farm Phase Count by Region and Subregion

Utility-Scale Solar Farm Operational Capacity by Country/Area and Year (MWac)

Utility-Scale Solar Farm Prospective Capacity by Country/Area and Year (MWac)

Global Solar Power Tracker Methodology

Power Sector Transition in Odisha

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Insights and updates

The latest news and resources from GEM.

Press release

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Europe’s push for hydrogen diverts solar and wind potential from Africa

Nuclear outpaced fourteen to one by wind and solar in Europe

China’s renewables reach new heights, as offshore wind takes off

Converting closed coal mines to solar can add 15% to global capacity

June 2025

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Methodology

View the methodology on the GEM.wiki

February 2026

This update covers research across the entire globe.
Distributed (<1 MW) solar data, aggregated at the national level, has been included for the first time for 31 countries/areas.
All utility-scale (1 MW+) data are combined into one tab in the downloadable dataset.
A new data field has been added to the utility-scale data to indicate when a project phase has associated storage, either planned or existing.

February 2025

This update covers research on Africa, Americas, Asia, and Oceania as defined by the United Nations’ region definitions, as well as global updates to 2024 operating projects.
While we preserve specific capacity ratings for each project in our downloadable dataset, we begin reporting all capacities in MWac in our reports and summary tables with this release.

June 2024

This update covers research on Europe and mainland China as defined by the United Nations’ region definitions.
The tracker capacity threshold has been updated to 1 MW. Due to research methodology differences, projects above 20 MW are published in a separate tab in the downloadable dataset.
A new data field has been added to indicate when a project phase is dedicated for green hydrogen production.
Operator information is no longer researched or updated for countries outside of China.
GEM ID formats have changed from an L8+5 digit number to L1+11 digit number for location IDs and a G8+5 digit number to a G1+11 digit number. Previous GEM ID numbers have been preserved. For example, a previous GEM ID of L812345 is now L100000812345.
Shelved and cancelled statuses have been broken down into two subcategories depending on if there was an announcement of delay or cancellation, or if the status is inferred by lack of observed progress.
The column name “Country” has been changed to “Country/Area”. The Country/Area column presents energy data within various economic contexts, and the geographical unit does not strictly follow political boundaries.
The exact locations of solar projects in Ukraine that are sourced from TransitionZero are anonymized. The coordinates are updated with the center of the Oblast and the Location accuracy field is updated as “approximate”.

December 2023

This update covers research on Africa, Americas, Asia, and Oceania as defined by the United Nations’ region definitions.
Project phases above the 20 MW threshold (10 MW for Arabic-speaking countries) are categorized as large utility-scale (previously called Data). Project phases below the large utility-scale threshold and above 1 MW are categorized as medium utility-scale (previously called Below Threshold) and are published in a separate tab in the downloadable dataset. This enables analyses to be comparable across different versions of the dataset while also significantly improving our coverage.

May 2023

This update covers research on Europe, Cyprus, and mainland China, as per United Nations’ region and subregion definitions.
Project phases below the 20 MW global threshold (10 MW for Arabic-speaking countries) are provided for some countries when the data were readily available. Data on the below threshold phases is available in the downloadable dataset in a separate tab called ‘Below Threshold.’

January 2023

All global regions with the exception of Europe have been researched for this update.
The Global Solar Power Tracker now includes solar thermal projects, also known as Concentrated Solar Power (CSP).
Global Energy Monitor has transitioned to using the United Nations’ region and subregion definitions.
The Global Solar Power Tracker has replaced the word "development" in the status domain with the term "pre-construction" to support consistent language across all of Global Energy Monitor’s trackers. The definition of "pre-construction" is consistent with the tracker’s previous definition of "development."
Global Energy Monitor has adopted the name "Türkiye" as a replacement for "Turkey."

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended citation is “Global Solar Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, February 2026 release.”

When the data set is being shared or adapted and our Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 International license applies, please read the license for attribution requirements. Necessary attribution elements are included in our data download files.

Please note that records with a “TZ ID” in the Other IDs (unit/phase) column were partially or fully sourced from the TransitionZero, Solar Asset Mapper, August 2025. Copyright © TransitionZero, Solar Asset Mapper, August 2025. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Contact

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