Largest power stations by energy source
The largest power stations in the world for each energy source — coal, gas, oil, nuclear, hydro, tidal, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and energy storage — with installed capacity, country and location. One row per station per source ranking.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | ID | string | Source and station. |
| source | Energy source | string | Coal, Nuclear, Conventional hydroelectric, Photovoltaic, Onshore wind, Pumped-storage, etc. |
| group | Group | string | Non-renewable, Renewable or Storage. |
| rank | Rank | integer | Rank within the energy source. |
| station | Station | string | — |
| wikidata | Wikidata | entity | — |
| capacity_mw | Capacity | number · MW | Installed capacity in megawatts. |
| country | Country | country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code. |
| country_name | Country name | string | — |
| lat | Latitude | number | — |
| lon | Longitude | number | — |
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