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🗺️ Awesome Electric Grid Mapping
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| 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. |
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Grid Explorer and National Datasets
Global Data Catalogs
- Open Infrastructure Map [Code]
- GridFinder [Code]
- FLOSM Power Grid
- Electricity Maps - Electricity Grid Carbon Emissions [Code]
- Global Energy Monitor
- The Global Transmission Database Code (Includes capacity data)
- HVDC World Global Map
- ENERGYDATA.INFO - Open Data and Analytics for a sustainable energy future
- Transmission network datasets wiki of openmod
- Open Energy Platform Grid Data
- Electricitymaps Data Sources
- openAfrica
- Global Renewables Watch
- The Utility Performance and Behavior Today (UPBEAT) platform - WorldBank
Africa
- Africa Electricity Grids Explorer
- Med-TSO - Mediterranean
- Somalia - Mini-Grids With MV Lines
- Morocco - Electricity Transmission Network
- 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
- 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
- Southern African Power Pool map
- Southern-Eastern Africa RE Zones
- Transmission Company of Nigeria - Offical Grid Map
- Nigeria - Details of Power Plants (Existing and Planned - 2020 to 2030)-
- GIS for the Energy Sector of Uganda
- KETRACO Transmission Master Plan 2023/2042 of Kenya
- Central Africa Power Pool
- Plan d’Affaires Stratégique 2025-2028 du PEAC
- POWER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN 2020 UPDATE_2023 of Tanzania - (Includes capacity data)
- Regional Electricity Interconnection of Africa - 2023
- West African Power Pool (WAPP) - 2017
- Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority
- National Transmission Company South Africa - Generation Connection Capacity Assessment
- National Transmission Company South Africa - Transmission Development Plan 2025
Asia
- Energy Map of India (Based on OpenStreetMap Data)
- Baker Institute China Energy Map
- OSW Project Areas & Transmission Lines - Japan - (Includes capacity data)
- ASEAN Energy Database - South-East Asia
- ASEAN Power Grid Interconnections Project Profiles - 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
- Vietnam - Electricity Transmission Network
- Nepal-Nepal electricity authority annual report
- Turkey Turkey's Power Grid
- Georgia Ten Year development plan
- 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
Australia and New Zealand
- Electricity Transmission Lines - Digital Atlas Australia
- Transgrid - Eastern Australia
- Transpower New Zealand Ltd Transmission Lines
- Queensland Australia - NetworkLoad Capacity
- Western Australia Network Capacity Mapping Tool
- Geoscience Australia - National Electricity Transmission Substations
Europe
- ENTSO-E Transmission System Map
- JAO Static Grid Model - (Includes capacity data)
- National Grid UK
- Uebertragungsnetz.de - Germany Grid Live Data
- Substations Italy - Gestore dei servizi energetici
- Substations UK
- 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
- France Structural french grid data with detailed topology time series
- BulgariaElectricity Production & Transmission Network
- Bulgaria Electricity trasnsmission system
- Hungary Electricity infrastructure
- Western Balkans Transmission grid in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, N. Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
- Serbia The Electric Power System of Serbia - pdf
- Kosovo Transmission system
- Lithuania Litgrid Transmission Network
- Lithuania Litgrid Transmission Network
- Latvia Transmission network and substations
- Estonia Map of the network
North America (Canada+USA)
- US Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data - Transmission Lines
- EIA U.S. Energy Atlas
- U.S. Electric Power Transmission Lines
- California Energy Commision - Electric Transmission Lines
- ERCOT Transmission Grid Map - Texas (Can only be visited from the US)
- California Electric Substations
- US Electric Substations
- US Electric Power Transmission Substations
- Electric Power Substations
- Electricity Transmission in Canada + US
- U.S. Atlas of Electric Distribution System Hosting Capacity Maps
- AESO 2025 Long‑Term Transmission Plan
- AESO Transmission Capability Map 2024 - Canada
- Hosting capacity for FortisAlberta's distribution circuits.
- Yukon Energy Corporation Power Substations - Canada
- Pepco Holdings Capacity Planning Maps - Puerto Rico
- LUMA Energy Puerto Rico
Central America (including Mexico)
- Transmission system, substations, and future projects Costa Rica
- Mapa del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional - Mexico
- Portal Energetico America Latina --- generators, oil/gas pipelines, coal terminals, LNG import/export terminals
- Latin America Energy Outlook Interactive Map (Based on OpenStreetMap Data)
- Interactive Transmission Map Nicaragua
South America
- Webmap EPE - Brazil Transmission Grid
- Latin America Energy Outlook Interactive Map (Based on OpenStreetMap Data)
- Electric Generation and Transportation Maps - Argentina
- Map of the electrical grid in Chile
- Portal Energetico America Latina --- generators, oil/gas pipelines, coal terminals, LNG import/export terminals
- Instructivos de restitución del SIN (Sistema Interconectado Nacional) de Bolivia
- Subestaciones en Bolivia - (Includes capacity data)
- Transmission grid map of Bolivia 2024
- COES Lineas existentes Peru
- Sistema Eletrico Brasileiro
- Red de Trasmisión - Unifilar Geográfico Uruguay
Scientific Publications
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- Modelling the High-Voltage Grid Using Open Data for Europe and Beyond
- GridTracer: Automatic Mapping of Power Grids using Deep Learning and Overhead Imagery
- 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
- 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
- Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System
- Inverse methods: How feasible are spatially low-resolved capacity expansion modelling results when disaggregated at high spatial resolution?
- 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
Policy
Reports and News
- From Taking Stock to Taking Action
- NREL National Transmission Planning Study
- Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europes Energy Transition
- Electric grid overhaul presents inspection challenges
- The energy crisis hits Latin America, which is experiencing unprecedented blackouts and droughts (Spanish)
- Ember - Asia Data Transparency Report 2023
- Ember - Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europe’s energy transition
- Lack of transmission lines puts wind and solar energy projects on hold in Brazil (Spanish)
- In West’ Africa, the efforts of’ electrification are lead by the weakness of transport networks (French)
- 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 (Chinese)
- 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
- These 8 Countries Are Scaling Up Renewable Energy the Fastest
- Explainer: Why Nigeria's power grid is failing
Presentation and Videos
- Pinpointing the power grid
- 10 years of power infrastructure mapping: what's next? Slides
- 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
Grid Extraction, Transformation and Integration 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.
- powerplantmatching - Set of tools to combine multiple power plant databases.
Remote Mapping
SAR
ml-hv-grid
- 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
GridFinder
- A new predictive model for more accurate electrical grid mapping - Blog
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data - Paper
- Methods for: Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- gridfinder - Repository
- gridfinder - Dataset
TTPLA
- An Aerial-Image Dataset for Detection and Segmentation of Transmission Towers and Power Line - Paper
- TTPLA Dataset
PGRID
- PGRID: Power Grid Reconstruction in Informal Developments Using High-Resolution Aerial Imagery - Paper
- turkana-grid-mapping - Repository
A Dataset for Multi-Size Power Line Assets Detection in High-Resolution UAV Images
GridTracer
- GridTracer - Automatic Mapping of Power Grids using Deep Learning and Overhead Imagery
- GridTracer - Trainings Data
- GridTracer - Repository
- Power Grid Mapper - Code
- Inferring Energy Infrastructure - Code
Substation detection
- Improving satellite imagery segmentation using multiple Sentinel-2 revisits - Paper
- Improving satellite imagery segmentation using multiple Sentinel-2 revisits - Code
- Remote Sensing Dataset: Substation Dataset
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Code
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Data
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Paper
Embeddings and GIS Foundation Models
Crowdsourced Mapping
Communities and Initiatives
- Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
- Youthmappers - Mapping for a sustainable future: YouthMappers tackle global climate challenges
- Youthmappers - Power Mapping brings Rapid Reliable Energy to Rural Communities
- Youthmappers - Power Grid Mapping in West Africa
Challenges
Tutorials and Training
- learnOSM
- Building large-scale crowdsourcing communities with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
- JOSM OpenStreetMap Editor for Beginners
- How to use the JOSM MapwithAI Feature Humanitarian Mappers
Mapping Coordinating
News and Community Reach
Electrical Grid Mapping in OpenStreetMap
Forums and Community
Power Tags and Articles
Good Practices in Power Routing
Statistics
- OSM History Analyser Code
- OSMstats
- How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap
- Create a HeatMap of your Contribution
- Filtering OSM Changesets by a Specific Text of the last 30 Days
Quality Assurance Tools
Desktop Editors and Mapping Tools
- id
- RapiD
- JOSM
- MapWithAI
- fAIr
- JOSM Power Styles by InfosReseaux
- MapCSS Syntax Highlighter
- PicLayer
- OpenData
- esri-dump
- OSMnx - A Python package to easily download, model, analyze, and visualize street networks and other geospatial features from OpenStreetMap.
- Maptcha-dev
Mobile and In-field Editors
Diaries and Blogs
Data Import
- Verifiability
- Importing is the process of uploading external data to OSM.
- Import/Catalogue
- Import/Guidelines
Grid Design Basics
Theory
- The Learning Curve
- Components of Overhead Transmission Lines
- Transmission Line Theory
- Energy Industry Applications of GIS
- Purdue University - Transmission Lines
- Purdue University - Introduction to Transmission Lines
- Comparison between HVAC and HVDC transmission system
Grid Design
- A Field Guide To Transmission Lines
- How Does the Power Grid Work?
- Line Design Principles - Powerlink Queensland
- Explained: Fundamentals of Power Grid - Reliability and Clean Electricity
- Components of a High Voltage Electrical Transmission Line
- Identify equipment in a substation
- Let's trace the power lines all the way to the power plant