Energy sites / Planning

Behind the applications

Planning applications for energy sites

17,943 battery, solar and wind sites in planning and 10,023 being built, in 196 countries, from the open datasets the register follows. Each site has a page with its status, its dates, the incidents near it and the register's incidents at sites like it. 8,124 applications have been refused, withdrawn or shelved.

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By country

CountryIn planningBeing builtRefused, withdrawn or shelved
United Kingdom2,2266,0812,268
China4,8221,772842
Greece1,578143597
Spain1,55992466
United States759836925
India29948570
Germany753969
Brazil54026119
Philippines4924191
Vietnam4861899
Colombia42311153
Finland2721133
Türkiye250453
Ireland2111438
Chile1831772
Italy1561427
South Korea1422280
Sweden1255108
South Africa923114
Canada11111101
Peru11739
Nepal10590
Norway1121164
Mexico9913216
Japan901192
New Zealand92318
Belgium74419
Dominican Republic68410
Sri Lanka61110
Argentina451228
Panama52510
Zimbabwe44931
Poland411236
Portugal421068
Oman4085
Romania321524
Serbia46131
Egypt311517
Taiwan331139
Bosnia and Herzegovina40423
Croatia39331
Denmark40047
Morocco28109
Saudi Arabia3174
Namibia2984
Switzerland3603
Iraq221111
Russia29325
Bangladesh28239
Indonesia26343
Latvia2635
Zambia2359
Algeria141318
Uzbekistan2438
Netherlands21540
Bolivia2241
Thailand24010
Kazakhstan22133
Tunisia1669
Armenia1215
Mozambique2015
Albania19218
Kenya19113
Tanzania1913
Montenegro1823
Mauritania1901
Cuba1457
Australia0180
Nigeria18018
Côte d'Ivoire1353
Malaysia17014
Uganda1514
Pakistan16040
Bulgaria13340
Estonia14216
Lithuania1424
United Arab Emirates1144
Ecuador15031
Azerbaijan1317
Angola13016
Malawi933
Botswana1200
Syria1117
Mali925
Costa Rica1100
Slovenia1105
Ghana8222
Laos1004
North Macedonia647
Senegal722
DR Congo725
Libya815
Israel906
Puerto Rico8121
Guinea804
Kyrgyzstan804
Georgia807
Bahrain710
Kosovo717
Ukraine8038
Uruguay801
Nicaragua444
Niger702
Burkina Faso702
Iran5219
Mauritius703
Åland Islands701
Ethiopia6011
Madagascar331
Togo512
Sierra Leone512
Western Sahara424
Benin510
Yemen425
Chad3210
Eswatini501
Guinea-Bissau503
The Gambia500
Mongolia417
Cambodia504
Austria323
Barbados410
Guatemala230
Guyana411
Somalia501
Fiji500
Luxembourg500
Cameroon403
Liberia310
Hungary314
Slovakia407
Isle of Man400
Djibouti301
Lesotho301
Myanmar2140
Afghanistan0360
Bhutan216
Singapore304
Jordan303
Honduras308
Lebanon3011
Cyprus216
Cabo Verde210
Iceland300
Tajikistan300
Papua New Guinea300
Sudan203
Maldives202
Hong Kong205
Guam203
Czech Republic117
Saint Kitts and Nevis110
Jamaica201
El Salvador112
French Guiana020
Eritrea200
Republic of the Congo113
Rwanda200
Suriname200
Venezuela112
American Samoa110
Bermuda200
Grenada200
Northern Mariana Islands200
Timor-Leste200
Bahamas020
Gabon103
Central African Republic010
Kuwait102
Qatar101
Haiti013
Trinidad and Tobago011
Virgin Islands (U.S.)100
Réunion100
Brunei010
Martinique011
Malta103
Guernsey100
Greenland100
Jersey100
Belize100
Paraguay100
Sao Tome and Principe100
Seychelles010
French Polynesia010
Kiribati010
South Sudan001
North Korea001
New Caledonia001
Belarus002
Palestine002
Comoros001
Saint Lucia001
Aruba001
Faroe Islands001
Moldova002

A country's name opens its list, filtered to sites in planning. The UK file carries each application's dates; the other files carry the status and the date it was last checked.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M (Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory). Source: Registre national des installations de production et de stockage d'électricité, ODRE (Open Data Réseaux Énergies), Licence Ouverte v2.0 (Etalab). Source: Global Power Plant Database v1.3.0, World Resources Institute, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: OpenElectricity (formerly OpenNEM) facility data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Global Energy Monitor, Global Solar Power Tracker and Global Wind Power Tracker, licensed under CC BY 4.0.