Overview

The Global Integrated Power Tracker (GIPT) shows a shifting power pipeline: Non-fossil capacity under construction is more than double coal, oil, and gas combined.

The power sector is the lynchpin of the energy transition. Today it is the world’s largest source of energy-related emissions, responsible for roughly one-third of the total. At the same time, decarbonizing many other sectors depends on electricity becoming increasingly clean, abundant, and affordable.

Major shifts across the global economy are already underway. Internal combustion vehicles are giving way to electric vehicles, gas boilers to heat pumps, and coal-based steelmaking to electric arc furnaces. As electrification expands across transport, buildings, and industry, demand for electricity is expected to grow rapidly. The International Energy Agency has described this moment as the “Age of Electricity,” with global power demand projected to rise sharply over the coming decade.

Solar and wind power have provided most of the growth in global electricity supply in recent years, and GEM data indicate that this trend is likely to continue. The pipeline of utility-scale solar and wind projects in development is now roughly twice the size of the pipeline for any other power technology.

At the same time, fossil fuel power development remains significant in many regions. In 2025, coal power capacity in development worldwide increased by 12%, while oil- and gas-fired power capacity in development grew by 25%.

The Global Integrated Power Tracker (GIPT) provides a unified view of these shifting dynamics. By integrating fossil fuel, renewable, and ownership datasets into a single harmonized platform, the tracker enables direct comparisons across technologies and geographies, supporting analysis of the global power system from the scale of individual generating units to worldwide trends.

The tracker’s multi-sector dataset of power stations provides unit-level information on thermal power (coal, oil, gas, nuclear, geothermal, and bioenergy) and renewables (solar, wind, and hydropower). The tracker includes data on unit capacity, status, ownership, fuel type, start year, retirement date, geolocation, and more.
 

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