awesome-electric-grid-mapping
A curated list of resources in the field of electric grid mapping to improve global open data coverage, harmonization and quality for a sustainable energy transition.
https://github.com/open-energy-transition/awesome-electric-grid-mapping
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Grid Explorer and National Datasets
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North America (Canada+USA)
- US Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data - Transmission Lines
- US Electric Power Transmission Substations
- Electric Power Substations
- U.S. Atlas of Electric Distribution System Hosting Capacity Maps
- California Energy Commision - Electric Transmission Lines
- ERCOT Transmission Grid Map - Texas
- California Electric Substations
- AESO Transmission Capability Map 2024 - Canada
- Hosting capacity for FortisAlberta's distribution circuits.
- US Electric Substations
- Electricity Transmission in Canada + US
- Yukon Energy Corporation Power Substations - Canada
- Pepco Holdings Capacity Planning Maps - Puerto Rico
- LUMA Energy Puerto Rico
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Global Data Catalogs
- Global Energy Monitor
- openAfrica
- Global Renewables Watch
- Open Infrastructure Map
- GridFinder
- FLOSM Power Grid
- ENERGYDATA.INFO - Open Data and Analytics for a sustainable energy future
- Transmission network datasets wiki of openmod
- Electricity Maps - Electricity Grid Carbon Emissions - contrib)]
- Open Energy Platform Grid Data
- Electricitymaps Data Sources
- The Utility Performance and Behavior Today (UPBEAT) platform - WorldBank
- The Global Transmission Database - Transmission-Database/electricity-transmission-database) (**Includes capacity data**)
- HVDC World Global Map
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Africa
- **Somalia** - Mini-Grids With MV Lines
- **Morocco** - Electricity Transmission Network
- Regional Electricity Interconnection of **Africa** - 2023
- West African Power Pool (WAPP) - 2017
- Eletricidade de **Moçambique**-Priorities 2021-2030
- THE ENERGY YEAR - **Nigeria** Grid Map 2021
- THE ENERGY YEAR - **Ghana**’s Transmission System 2022
- Rapid Assessment and Gap Analysis - **Angola**
- Transmission Company of **Nigeria** - Offical Grid Map
- Southern African Power Pool map
- Southern-Eastern Africa RE Zones
- GIS for the Energy Sector of **Uganda**
- KETRACO Transmission Master Plan 2023/2042 of **Kenya**
- KETRACO Transmission Lines - Kenya
- Africa Electricity Grids Explorer
- Central Africa Power Pool
- Plan d’Affaires Stratégique 2025-2028 du PEAC
- POWER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN 2020 UPDATE_2023 of **Tanzania** - (**Includes capacity data**)
- Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority
- National Transmission Company **South Africa** - Generation Connection Capacity Assessment
- National Transmission Company **South Africa** - Transmission Development Plan 2025
- Med-TSO - Mediterranean
- **Nigeria** - Dataset for the Nigerian 50-Bus 330 kV Power Grid - (**Includes capacity data**)
- GRID3 NGA - Other POI: Energy and Electricity Substations
- **Nigeriase4all** - Power sector data explorer
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Asia
- **Vietnam** - Electricity Transmission Network
- **Georgia** Ten Year development plan
- Baker Institute **China** Energy Map
- OSW Project Areas & Transmission Lines - **Japan** - (**Includes capacity data**)
- **Nepal**-Nepal electricity authority annual report
- **Philippines** Transmission Development Plan 2020-2040
- **Jordan** Electic System - National Electric Power Company
- **Kazakhstan** electrical networks as of 2025
- **Iran** Map of the High Voltage Grid)
- United Nations - Energy Connectivity in **Central Asia** - An inventory of existing national energy systems
- Power Grid Company of **Bangladesh**
- Overview of Energy/Electricity demand and Renewable energy potential in **Mongolia**
- Energy Map of **India**
- ASEAN Energy Database - South-East Asia
- OpenDevelopment **Cambodia** Map Explorer
- OpenDevelopment Mekong Map Explorer
- **Indonesia** Electricity Supply Business Plan 2021 - 2030
- (**Malaysia**) Sarawak Power Generation and Network
- (**Malaysia**) Sabah Energy Roadmap and Master Plan 2040
- **Myanmar** Existing Power Grid and Under Construction Projects
- **Philippines** Transmission Development Plan 2020-2040
- **Turkey** Turkey's Power Grid
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Australia and New Zealand
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North America
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Europe
- **Albania** Transmission system - (**Includes capacity data**)
- REE Map of Substations - **Spain**
- **North Macedonia** Map of Transmission system in the Newspaper most updated
- **North Macedonia** Map of Transmission lines clearest but no voltages
- Substations **UK**
- JAO Static Grid Model - (**Includes capacity data**)
- National Grid **UK**
- Uebertragungsnetz.de - **Germany** Grid Live Data
- ENTSO-E Transmission System Map
- Substations **Italy** - Gestore dei servizi energetici
- **Latvia** Transmission network and substations
- **Estonia** Map of the network
- **France** Structural french grid data with detailed topology time series
- **Bulgaria**Electricity Production & Transmission Network
- **Bulgaria** Electricity trasnsmission system
- **Hungary** Electricity infrastructure
- **Serbia** The Electric Power System of Serbia - pdf
- **Kosovo** Transmission system
- **Lithuania** Litgrid Transmission Network
- **Lithuania** Litgrid Transmission Network
- **Western Balkans** Transmission grid in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, N. Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
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Central America (including Mexico)
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South America
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South and Middle America
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Remote Mapping
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GridFinder
- gridfinder - Dataset
- A new predictive model for more accurate electrical grid mapping - Blog
- Methods for: Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data - Paper
- Methods for: Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- gridfinder - Dataset
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data - Paper
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data - Paper
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TTPLA
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PGRID
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GridTracer
- GridTracer - Trainings Data
- GridTracer - Repository
- Power Grid Mapper - Code
- GridTracer - Trainings Data
- GridTracer - Repository
- Power Grid Mapper - Code
- GridTracer - Automatic Mapping of Power Grids using Deep Learning and Overhead Imagery
- GridTracer - Automatic Mapping of Power Grids using Deep Learning and Overhead Imagery
- Inferring Energy Infrastructure - Code
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Substation detection
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Code
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Data
- Improving satellite imagery segmentation using multiple Sentinel-2 revisits - Paper
- Improving satellite imagery segmentation using multiple Sentinel-2 revisits - Code
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Data
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Paper
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Paper
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Substation detection on NSO imagery
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ml-hv-grid
- Machine Learning for High Volatage Grid Mapping - Report
- ml-hv-grid - Documentation
- Machine Learning for High Volatage Grid Mapping - Report
- ml-hv-grid - Documentation
- ml-hv-grid - Repository
- Mapping electrical towers in satellite imagery with smart-tracing - Slides
- ml-hv-grid - Repository
- Mapping electrical towers in satellite imagery with smart-tracing - Slides
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SAR
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Embeddings and GIS Foundation Models
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Grid Explorer
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OpenStreetMap
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Forums and Community
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Power Tags
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Quality Assurance Tools
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Mapping Performance Indicator
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Editors and Mapping Tools
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Scientfic Publications
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Mapping Performance Indicator
- Towards an open pipeline for the detection of critical infrastructure from satellite imagery—a case study on electrical substations in The Netherlands
- Geospatial mapping of distribution grid with machine learning and publicly-accessible multi-modal data
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- Towards an open pipeline for the detection of critical infrastructure from satellite imagery—a case study on electrical substations in The Netherlands
- Geospatial mapping of distribution grid with machine learning and publicly-accessible multi-modal data
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Editors and Mapping Tools
- Modelling the High-Voltage Grid Using Open Data for Europe and Beyond
- Remote sensing methods for power line corridor surveys
- Open Data in Power Grid Modelling: New Approaches Towards Transparent Grid Models
- U.S. Test System with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution for Renewable Integration Studies
- A comparison of clustering methods for the spatial reduction of renewable electricity optimisation models of Europe
- A Reproducible Method for Mapping Electricity Transmission Infrastructure for Space Weather Risk Assessment
- Open Data in Power Grid Modelling: New Approaches Towards Transparent Grid Models
- Power Line Extraction and Reconstruction Methods from Laser Scanning Data: A Literature Review
- Using Deep Learning to Identify Utility Poles with Crossarms and Estimate Their Locations from Google Street View Images
- Inverse methods: How feasible are spatially low-resolved capacity expansion modelling results when disaggregated at high spatial resolution?
- Towards an open pipeline for the detection of critical infrastructure from satellite imagery—a case study on electrical substations in The Netherlands
- Geospatial mapping of distribution grid with machine learning and publicly-accessible multi-modal data
- Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System
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Editor
- Modelling the High-Voltage Grid Using Open Data for Europe and Beyond
- Towards an open pipeline for the detection of critical infrastructure from satellite imagery—a case study on electrical substations in The Netherlands
- PGRID: Power Grid Reconstruction in Informal Developments Using High-Resolution Aerial Imager
- Remote sensing methods for power line corridor surveys
- Open Data in Power Grid Modelling: New Approaches Towards Transparent Grid Models
- U.S. Test System with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution for Renewable Integration Studies
- Geospatial mapping of distribution grid with machine learning and publicly-accessible multi-modal data
- Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System
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Data Catalogs
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Mapping Performance Indicator
- ENERGYDATA.INFO - Open Data and Analytics for a sustainable energy future
- Transmission network datasets wiki of openmod
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Editor
- Global Transmission Database - Consists of comprehensive data regarding existing and planned cross-border transmission capacities globally collated from public sources.
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Editors and Mapping Tools
- Global Transmission Database - Consists of comprehensive data regarding existing and planned cross-border transmission capacities globally collated from public sources.
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Reports and News
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Editors and Mapping Tools
- NREL National Transmission Planning Study
- Electric grid overhaul presents inspection challenges
- Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europes Energy Transition
- The energy crisis hits Latin America, which is experiencing unprecedented blackouts and droughts
- Ember - Asia Data Transparency Report 2023
- Ember - Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europe’s energy transition
- In West’ Africa, the efforts of’ electrification are lead by the weakness of transport networks
- RIP first come, first served - Shifting gear to tackle power grid scarcity
- Speed up the construction of the power grid and break the bottleneck of energy transformation
- Integrating renewables into the Japanese power grid by 2030
- Brazil's grid caps power from wind and solar, threatening renewable projects
- Renewable Capacity Growth Severely Hit by Power Transmission Delays
- India’s Renewable Energy Expansion Poses Threats to Its Grid Stability
- India needs to explore incentives to improve renewables transmission capacity, power secretary says
- Transmission Adequacy in India: Building a resilient and sustainable grid
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Editor
- Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europes Energy Transition
- In West’ Africa, the efforts of’ electrification are lead by the weakness of transport networks
- RIP first come, first served - Shifting gear to tackle power grid scarcity
- The energy crisis hits Latin America, which is experiencing unprecedented blackouts and droughts
- Ember - Asia Data Transparency Report 2023
- Ember - Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europe’s energy transition
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Reports, Policy and News
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Mapping Performance Indicator
- Grids, the missing link - An EU Action Plan for Grids
- Lack of transmission lines puts wind and solar energy projects on hold in Brazil
- NREL National Transmission Planning Study
- Electric grid overhaul presents inspection challenges
- Grids, the missing link - An EU Action Plan for Grids
- Lack of transmission lines puts wind and solar energy projects on hold in Brazil
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Presentation and Videos
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Editors and Mapping Tools
- Pinpointing the power grid
- 10 years of power infrastructure mapping: what's next?
- Analysis of renewable energy infrastructure representations in OpenStreetMap
- AI for Transmission Grid Mapping: Methodology & Use Cases
- The Power of YouthMappers: Shining a Light on the Movement
- OpenGridMap pecha kucha style presentation
- Open-source Geo-spatial Assessment of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure
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Mapping Performance Indicator
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Editor
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Crowdsourced Mapping
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Communities and Initiatives
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Challenges
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Mapping Coordinating
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Tutorials and Training
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Crowdsourced Local Mapping
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Substation detection on NSO imagery
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Substation detection
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Policy
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Editors and Mapping Tools
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Grid Extraction, Transformation and Integration Tools
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Editors and Mapping Tools
- PyPSA Grid Analysis - Compares the PyPSA-Eur transmission grid database as well as the PyPSA-Earth transmission grid database for a selected region of 50 Hertz in Germany.
- earth-osm - Provides a Python API and a CLI interface to extract data for various infrastructure types, such as power lines, substations, and more.
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Programming Languages
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Grid Explorer and National Datasets
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Remote Mapping
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OpenStreetMap
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Scientfic Publications
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Reports and News
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Crowdsourced Mapping
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Presentation and Videos
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Crowdsourced Local Mapping
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Grid Explorer
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Reports, Policy and News
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Data Catalogs
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Grid Extraction, Transformation and Integration Tools
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Policy
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Sub Categories
Editors and Mapping Tools
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Africa
25
Asia
22
Europe
21
Editor
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Mapping Performance Indicator
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Power Tags
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North America (Canada+USA)
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Global Data Catalogs
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Substation detection
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GridTracer
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Substation detection on NSO imagery
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ml-hv-grid
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GridFinder
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Forums and Community
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Australia and New Zealand
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Challenges
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Quality Assurance Tools
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Central America (including Mexico)
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TTPLA
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Communities and Initiatives
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PGRID
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North America
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South America
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Tutorials and Training
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Mapping Coordinating
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South and Middle America
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Embeddings and GIS Foundation Models
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SAR
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