LibGuides: Energy: Statistics

Energy data and statistics

SNL Energy
A comprehensive source for data on U.S. and Canadian power plants, energy companies, coal mines, and gas pipelines. Provides detail on financials, filings, supply and demand fundamentals, emissions, hourly market pricing, electricity rates, and more. Includes daily, weekly, and monthly newsletters covering various segments of the energy industry. To use the database, please register for an account using your MIT email. You will receive an email confirmation from S&P Global Market Intelligence within minutes.
Statista
Portal providing access to statistics from market researchers, trade associations, scientific publications, and government sources. Starting place for research on industries, markets, demography, countries & economies.

IEA (International Energy Agency) databases

OECDiLibrary: Energy
Books, papers, and statistics on many aspects of energy from the OECD and IEA.
Click "Browse by Theme and Country" and select "Energy"
IEA - Data and Statistics
Search, download, and purchase energy data and statistics from IEA.

More statistical databases

GlobalData Power
Contains data and reports on power/electricity sectors worldwide, including: thermal, wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, smart grid, geothermal, bio, and ocean.
more...less...
Includes content in former eTrack databases: Alternative Energy, Nuclear, Smart Grid and Power. Has numerous statistical databases; detailed information on companies, deals, news and events; plus in-depth industry research. To download tables, copy and paste them into Excel page by page
Oil and Gas eTrack
Data and reports on the oil & gas industry sectors worldwide. Contains numerous statistical databases; detailed information on companies, deals, and key events; plus in-depth industry research.
more...less...
To download tables, copy and paste them into Excel page by page.
UNdata Energy Statistics Database
Download energy data from statistical agencies throughout the United Nations. Series on energy cover topics such as consumption, exports, imports, and production.
UDI world electric power plants data base
Global inventory of electric power generating units. Contains design data for plants of all sizes and technologies operated by regulated utilities, private power companies, and industrial autoproducers (captive power). 2017 data now in Dataverse
more...less...
Dataverse here: https://dataverse.org/
Department of Energy Data Explorer (DDE)
Collections of numeric files, figures and data plots, multimedia and images, computer simulations, specialized databases, and interactive data maps.

Energy Information Administration
Statistical branch of the U.S. Department of Energy. Contains many valuable statistical data and publications.
International Energy Agency (IEA)
International program of energy cooperation among 28 member countries. Provides statistics by country/region and product worldwide.
Climate Trace
Find highly granular global emissions data that were independently collected using satellites, remote sensing, and AI.
Global Energy Monitor
Global Energy Monitor develops and analyzes data on energy infrastructure, resources, and uses. It provides open access to databases, reports, and interactive tools that allow users to zoom out for summaries and analysis at the regional or global scale, or zoom in for background and details on any element of the system — coal mine, nuclear power plant, wind farm, oil extraction field, or fossil gas pipeline.
Electricity Map
See electricity sources, consumption and carbon emissions in map form.
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Historical data series and interactive charting.
Solar Radiation Data
Data on solar radiation and wind from the NCEI and NREL
World Energy Council: Online Publications
Full-text of publications from this multi-energy non-governmental organization.
GridClue
An online tool that allows users to analyze electric grid performance for each region of the U.S.

Ask Us
Ask a question, make an appointment, give feedback, or visit us.