Informing sustainable solutions

Trustworthy, unbiased data at the asset level is essential to developing realistic solutions to the world’s energy challenges. National government agencies and ministries rely on GEM data to develop plans and solutions to meet their countries’ unique energy needs, such as Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership.

Providing unparalleled expertise

GEM is regularly consulted for advice and support by the world’s leading energy NGOs and agencies, including the International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Climate TRACE, and many others. Learn more about our partnerships.

Advancing the international dialogue

GEM research brings to light information that is critical to informing fact-based reporting. Journalists at Politifact, The New York Times, and others cite GEM data to fact-check statements made by public figures, and experts on staff are frequently interviewed by national and international media (see press coverage).

Discovering patterns and trends

GEM analysts and researchers investigate the data they compile to reveal emerging trends in energy sectors, such as the 2025 finding that Latin America now has no active new coal plant proposals.

Powering energy research

Researchers in academia and specialized firms tap into GEM’s extensive datasets to analyze countries’ progress toward decarbonization goals, examine an industry’s commitment to renewable energy, and more.

Supporting partners

Providing open data that underpin the global energy ecosystem has far-reaching impacts. GEM requests basic information from every user who downloads our datasets, including what they plan to do with the data. In many cases, we’re aware of publications, speeches, and initiatives that rely on GEM data, though it’s not possible to track every use case from start to finish.

Malgorzata Kasprzak, United Nations Environment Programme

Leading the way

GEM’s impact doesn’t stop at open data. We are also a key partner and leader in working groups for energy and industry sectors that GEM researches, and provide further support to data users via responses to questions, interviews with journalists, peer review of papers, and much more.

• Geothermal Project Manager Sophia Bauer is quoted by CNN about a US startup identifying geothermal energy opportunities using AI.
• GEM’s heavy industry team provided extensive support to SteelWatch in its production of the 2026 Scorecard, which assesses major steel companies’ performance toward environmental outcomes.
• Global Solar Power Tracker Project Manager Kasandra O’Malia provided support to journalists for this data visualization article from BBC on renewable energy in China.

Measuring impact

To measure this extensive impact, GEM uses both qualitative and quantitative evaluation metrics. These can include statistics like dataset downloads and number of visitors from key energy transition regions, and value added to the global discourse such as citations in top-tier media outlets and support provided to partners.