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GLOBAL POWER PLANTS

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Data Source: Global Energy Observatory, Google, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Enipedia, World Resources Institute. 2018. Global Power Plant Database. Published on Resource Watch and Google Earth Engine; http://resourcewatch.org/ https://earthengine.google.com/

The grouping of sustainability is as follows:

Non-renewable: Oil, Gas, Coal, Petcoke (petroleum coke)

Renewable: Biomass, Geothermal, Hydro, Solar, Wave and Tidal, Wind

Efficient: Co-generation, Nuclear, Storage, Waste

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