Global Energy Monitor

What Global Energy Monitor does

Global Energy Monitor (GEM) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2007 and headquartered in Covina, California, that operates a comprehensive open-source energy data platform covering more than 182,000 energy facilities across 200+ countries and territories. The organization maintains 25+ asset-level trackers organized into five themes: coal (plants, mines, terminals, project finance), oil and gas (plants, extraction, midstream infrastructure, gas/LNG infrastructure, project finance), renewables and other power (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, bioenergy, nuclear), heavy industry (iron and steel, cement, iron ore, chemicals), and finance and corporates (energy ownership, private equity, integrated power, energy transition, methane emitters, Latin America regional). Data is delivered through interactive maps, dashboards, downloadable datasets in multiple formats, and GEM.wiki, a wiki-style knowledge base providing asset-level background, financing, and environmental impact information.

Name

Global Energy Monitor

Legal name

Global Energy Monitor

Website

https://globalenergymonitor.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Global Energy Monitor is an independent nonprofit that provides open-source, asset-level data on global energy infrastructure across coal, oil and gas, renewables, heavy industry, and finance, serving governments, financial institutions, journalists, researchers, and advocacy organizations worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Research and Data Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG/Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Platforms (EUABAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Benchmarking, Ratings & Stakeholder Reporting Portals (Scorecards, Dashboards) (EUABAEAJ), Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms (EUABAEAA), Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD)

Keywords

• Energy infrastructure data
• Fossil fuel tracking
• Renewable energy databases
• Open-source energy research
• Energy transition analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Covina

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants: GEM is completely funded by philanthropy including grants from private foundations such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Climate Imperative Foundation, Climateworks Foundation, European Climate Foundation, Ford Foundation, Global Methane Hub, and Growald Climate Fund. GEM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under U.S. tax code.
2. Individual and Family Donations: Accepts donations from individuals and families, including recurring monthly gifts through GEM Sustainers program, donor-advised fund contributions, and qualified charitable distributions from retirement accounts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Global Energy Monitor catalogs the world's energy infrastructure by building and maintaining open-source, asset-level databases and interactive mapping tools spanning coal, oil and gas, renewables, heavy industry, and energy finance. Its trackers cover 182,000+ energy facilities across 200+ countries, with all datasets freely downloadable and citable. GEM pairs this data layer with analytical reporting (flagship reports such as Boom and Bust Coal) and the long-form GEM.wiki knowledge base.

Product overview

Global Energy Monitor (GEM) operates as a comprehensive open-source energy data platform offering 25+ interactive trackers covering energy infrastructure across four major sectors: Coal (plant, mine, and terminal trackers), Oil and Gas (plant, extraction, and infrastructure trackers), Renewables and Other Power (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, bioenergy, nuclear trackers), and Heavy Industry (iron and steel, cement, iron ore mines, chemicals trackers). The platform also includes special projects such as the Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Transition Tracker, Global Energy Ownership Tracker, and Methane Emitters Tracker. Each tracker provides asset-level data through interactive maps, summary tables, dashboards, and downloadable datasets. GEM supplements its quantitative databases with GEM.wiki, a wiki-style knowledge base providing detailed background information, financing details, and references for each tracked asset. The organization also publishes flagship reports including Boom and Bust Coal and Pedal to the Metal, and maintains newsletters (CoalWire and Inside Gas) for sector-specific updates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CoalWire: Weekly roundup of coal industry developments worldwide.
• Inside Gas

Products and services

• Global Coal Plant Tracker Asset-level open-source database cataloging proposed, construction, operating, suspended, and retired coal-fired power plants worldwide, used to track coal phase-out commitments and project pipelines.
• Global Coal Mine Tracker Asset-level open-source database covering operating, proposed, and shuttered coal mines globally, with ownership, geography, and production status fields.
• Global Coal Terminals Tracker Asset-level database of coal export and import terminals worldwide, used to assess coal supply-chain infrastructure and exposure.
• Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker Asset-level database of oil- and gas-fired power plants globally, capturing status, ownership, and capacity for transition analysis.
• Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker Asset-level database cataloging oil and gas extraction sites (fields) globally, used to assess upstream fossil fuel activity and owners.
• Global Oil Infrastructure Tracker Asset-level database tracking global oil pipelines and crude oil transportation infrastructure across borders.
• Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker Asset-level database covering LNG terminals, gas pipelines, and other midstream and downstream gas infrastructure worldwide.
• Global Solar Power Tracker Asset-level database of utility-scale solar power facilities worldwide, tracking operating and proposed capacity.
• Global Wind Power Tracker Asset-level database of onshore and offshore wind farms globally, capturing operating and proposed capacity.
• Global Hydropower Tracker Asset-level database tracking hydropower facilities worldwide.
• Global Geothermal Power Tracker Asset-level database tracking geothermal power facilities worldwide.
• Global Bioenergy Power Tracker Asset-level database tracking bioenergy power facilities worldwide.
• Global Nuclear Power Tracker Asset-level database tracking nuclear power facilities worldwide.
• Global Iron and Steel Tracker Asset-level database tracking iron and steel production facilities worldwide for industrial decarbonization analysis.
• Global Cement and Concrete Tracker Asset-level database of cement and concrete plants worldwide, used to assess industrial process emissions.
• Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker Asset-level database tracking iron ore mining operations worldwide.
• Global Chemicals Inventory Asset-level database of chemical industry facilities and production worldwide.
• Global Energy Ownership Tracker Asset-level database mapping ownership relationships and parent-company structures across global energy assets.
• Private Equity Tracker Asset-level database linking private equity firms to their portfolio of fossil fuel and energy assets worldwide.
• Global Coal Project Finance Tracker Asset-level database of financiers backing coal projects worldwide, including loans, underwriting, and advisory roles.
• Global Gas Finance Tracker Asset-level database of financiers backing gas projects worldwide, including loans, underwriting, and advisory roles.
• Global Integrated Power Tracker Integrated asset-level database that unifies coal, gas, nuclear, and renewable power facilities into a single view, supporting whole-system energy analysis.
• Global Energy Transition Tracker Cross-fuel analytics product that assesses progress of energy transition, comparing build-out and retirement rates across fuel types.
• Global Methane Emitters Tracker Asset-level database identifying large methane-emitting energy facilities worldwide to support methane mitigation efforts.
• Latin America Energy Tracker Regional asset-level database covering energy infrastructure across Latin America.
• LNG Carrier Tracker Vessel-level database of LNG carriers worldwide, integrated into the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker.
• GEM.wiki Open knowledge base providing long-form, wiki-style documentation of individual energy facilities, supplementing the structured tracker databases.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,812 dataset downloads in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026GLEIF and Global Energy Monitor partnered to increase transparency in energy asset ownership through the integration of LEI data.
• Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEM partners with CREA on twice-yearly analyses of China's power system, including the H2 2025 coal power review and other joint reports on China's energy transition. CREA and GEM co-authored reports on coal power expansion in China and captive coal in Indonesia.
• EmbercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on national capacity data for Electricity Explorer and coal mine methane emissions dashboards. Joint work on tracking global energy data.
• Carbon MappersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to increase shared understanding, accessibility, and actionability of global methane remote sensing data in the context of energy, infrastructure, and production data.
• Carbon Tracker InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic modeling of coal and gas plants to assess climate risk and stranded asset implications.
• Rocky Mountain InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on data related to Oil Climate Index (+ gas) tool, and joint work on power sector transition analysis in Southeast Asia.
• Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of Net Zero Steel, a methodology for defining and tracking steel decarbonization pathways and a hub for information on low-emissions steelmaking.
• Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of Green Steel Tracker and Green Cement Tracker for low-emissions steel and cement production technology.
• SteelWatchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of corporate score cards to benchmark climate action of major steel companies.
• Solutions for Our ClimatesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEM developed the LNG Carrier Tracker in conjunction with SFOC to document conventional large-scale LNG carriers involved in transportation or regasification of LNG.
• TransitionZerosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of methodology to use satellite imagery to estimate the utilization rate of steel and cement facilities.
• Beyond Fossil FuelscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of unit-level gas plant data and review of coal plant data in Europe.
• Environmental Integrity ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of unit-level gas plant data for the United States.
• E3GsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnalysis of the global shrinkage in the coal fleet since 2015.
• WattTimesupportingTechnology or IntegrationMapping features of gas-fired and coal-fired power plants for enabling more accurate satellite-based emissions estimates.
• Raven Ridge ResourcessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of global coal mine methane estimates.
• Coal Action Network United KingdomsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerReport on metallurgical coal mining and steel production in the United Kingdom.
• Asset ImpactsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of a climate assessment tool for financial institutions.
• Private Equity Stakeholder ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial and environmental impacts of private equity investments through the Private Equity Climate Risks consortium.
• Americans for Financial ReformsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial and environmental impacts of private equity investments through the Private Equity Climate Risks consortium.
• RENEW-IndustrysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFacilitation of newsletter and webinars to disseminate research, news, and employment/funding opportunities in heavy industry decarbonization.
• Investigate EuropesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerExposé on Europe's Energy Charter Treaty.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Climate TRACE: Independent coalition producing asset-level greenhouse gas emissions inventories using remote sensing and AI — directly comparable to GEM's Global Methane Emitters Tracker and broader asset-level emissions tracking. Both are nonprofit, open-data providers serving the same policy and research communities.
• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): Global nonprofit running the world's largest environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states, and investors. Comparable to GEM as a climate-disclosure data platform serving investors, regulators, and corporations, though focused on corporate self-reporting rather than asset-level infrastructure tracking.
• Carbon Tracker Initiative: Financial think tank analyzing climate risk and stranded asset exposure for fossil fuel investments. Directly comparable to GEM's Global Coal/Gas Project Finance Trackers and an existing GEM partner — both target financial institutions with asset-level climate data.
• Ember: Independent energy think tank providing open-access electricity generation data and analysis globally. Closely comparable to GEM's renewables and power trackers (and an existing GEM partner) — both serve journalists, policymakers, and analysts with free electricity-sector data.

Broad incumbents

• Wood Mackenzie: Global commercial energy research and consultancy covering oil & gas, power, renewables, and metals. Comparable to GEM in asset-level energy data scope but operates a paid subscription model serving commercial rather than open-access users; the closest proprietary analogue to GEM's trackers.
• BloombergNEF: Bloomberg's energy and climate research arm providing proprietary data and analysis across power, fuels, transport, and industry. Comparable in sector coverage and customer base to GEM's integrated power and energy transition trackers, but commercial-only and bundled within Bloomberg Terminal.
• Rystad Energy: Independent energy research house providing asset-level upstream, midstream, and renewable energy data and analytics. Closely comparable to GEM's Oil and Gas Extraction, Gas Infrastructure, and Renewables trackers but operates paid commercial subscriptions for E&P and financial customers.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights: Commercial energy and commodities information provider (formerly Platts/IHS Markit) covering oil, gas, power, coal, LNG, and renewables with proprietary data and analytics. The dominant paid alternative to GEM across nearly all of GEM's tracker categories.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research nonprofit producing open-access datasets (e.g., Climate Watch, CAIT, Global Forest Watch) on environment, climate, and energy. Comparable to GEM in mission and open-data ethos, though WRI's scope is broader and its energy coverage less granular at the asset level.

Emerging players

• Climate Action Tracker (CAT): Independent scientific consortium tracking government climate commitments and emissions trajectories. Adjacent to GEM's policy/transition work — comparable use cases for policymakers and journalists, but CAT focuses on national pledges rather than physical asset infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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