Release documentation
Release notes
The catalogue is rebuilt monthly. Each release is compared with the one before it, and the comparison is published here as counts: facilities added and removed, projects whose development stage advanced, and facilities whose power was newly stated. A published release is never changed afterwards; a correction ships as the next release.
22
releases since 2026-07-24
58
development stages advanced
368
facilities added
1,552
planned and building projects watched
Release by release
Net change against the previous release, counted from the release itself. Comparisons begin with 2026-08-28; the planned and building projects in each release are the ones the monthly round watches for a stage change.
| Release | Facilities | Added | Removed | Stage advanced | Power newly stated | Projects watched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06global-public-source-v22-research-2026-11-06 | 10,005 | 346 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1,552 |
| 2026-11-02global-public-source-v21-research-2026-11-02 | 9,659 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1,351 |
| 2026-10-30global-public-source-v20-research-2026-10-3010 builds this day | 9,659 | 6 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 1,351 |
| 2026-10-28global-public-source-v10-research-2026-10-28 | 9,681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,385 |
| 2026-10-22global-public-source-v9-prelaunch-2026-10-22 | 9,681 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,385 |
| 2026-10-19global-public-source-v8-prelaunch-2026-10-192 builds this day | 9,675 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1,379 |
| 2026-09-14global-public-source-v6-prelaunch-2026-09-142 builds this day | 9,671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,374 |
| 2026-09-12global-public-source-v4-preview-2026-09-12 | 9,671 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,374 |
Monthly source checks
Each month the round re-reads public sources for a set of facilities and writes every check down, whether or not it changed the table. A check that confirms the value already held is counted as a confirmation; a check that supplies a new or corrected value is applied in the next release.
| Month | Source checks | Updates applied | Values confirmed as held | Facilities checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 172 | 49 | 0 | 98 |
| October 2026 | 758 | 156 | 163 | 221 |
How a release is made
- Monthly rebuild, checked by automated release gates and read by a person before publication.
- New facilities enter after their sources are checked; existing facility IDs are permanent.
- Development-stage changes are applied with the public page that states them.
- Corrections ship in the next release, never as silent edits to a delivered file.
- A CSV supplied on request carries the release ID it was built from.
Method milestones
2026-10-22
Monthly source checks begin
- The catalogue becomes the single master of the facility table, and a monthly round re-reads public sources for existing facilities, writes each check down, and applies accepted changes in the next release.
- External official records join the round: energy-market generator filings, air-permit registers and county planning layers are matched to facilities where they exist.
2026-08-28
China coverage expansion and permanent facility IDs
- Several hundred Chinese facilities moved from discovery to catalogued rows under permanent facility IDs, each checked for existence against operator, government or press pages.
- Announced build-out ceilings are held apart from grid-supply ratings in the complete file.
2026-08-27
Rights-reviewed rebuild
- Full rebuild under the source-rights gate: every published value needs a recorded rights basis for its source, and rows that could not meet it were withheld rather than shipped.
- Release registry introduced: every release is fingerprinted by row count and file digest, and an ID is never reused for different content.