---
title: "List Global Power Plant Database records"
method: GET
path: "/v1/data/global-power-plant-database"
tags: ["Energy & Climate"]
---

# List Global Power Plant Database records

`GET /v1/data/global-power-plant-database`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.aristocles.com.au` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/data/global-power-plant-database`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `X-API-Key`

List Global Power Plant Database records with optional filters and pagination.

**Source:** World Resources Institute. 2021. Global Power Plant Database. Published on Resource Watch; http://resourcewatch.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

**Fields returned:**
- `country_code` (str) — Three-letter ISO country code
- `name` (str) — Name of the power plant
- `gppd_id` (str) — Global Power Plant Database ID
- `capacity_mw` (float) — Electrical generating capacity in megawatts
- `latitude` (float) — Latitude of the plant
- `longitude` (float) — Longitude of the plant
- `primary_fuel` (str) — Primary fuel type (e.g., Solar, Wind, Gas)
- `commissioning_year` (int) — Year the plant was commissioned
- `owner` (str) — Owner of the power plant

**Example:** `GET /v1/data/global-power-plant-database?limit=10&country_code=example`

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer: Max records to return (1-100).
- `offset` integer: Records to skip, for pagination.
- `country_code` string, nullable: Three-letter ISO country code
- `primary_fuel` string, nullable: Primary fuel type (e.g., Solar, Wind, Gas)

## Headers

- `X-API-Key` string, required

## Response `200`

A page of Global Power Plant Database records with pagination metadata.

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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