A global inventory of electricity infrastructures from 1980 to 2017: Country-level data on power plants, grids and transformers.

ABSTRACT: Electricity infrastructures are crucial for economic prosperity and underpin fundamental energy services. This article provides global datasets on installed power plant capacities, transmission and distribution grid lengths as well as transformer capacities. A country-level dataset on installed electricity generation capacities during 1980 to 2017, comprising 14 types of power plants and technologies, is obtained by combining data from three different online databases. Transmission grid lengths are derived from georeferenced data available from OpenStreetMap, augmented with data from national and international statistics. Data gaps are filled and historical developments estimated by applying a linear regression model. Statistical data on distribution grids lengths are collected for 31 coun

SUBMITTER: Kalt G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8441158 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature