Global gas power capacity has nearly tripled since 2000, although growth rates have slowed in the last two years.
As of 2022, natural gas power plants with a capacity of over 600 gigawatts are in the developmental stage worldwide. Of these, some 160 gigawatts are already under construction. Natural gas electricity generating capacity in operation and under construction worldwide as of 2022 (in gigawatts)
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Statistics on Natural gas energy worldwide
Overview
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Natural gas supply
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Power plants & capacity
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- Premium Statistic Global gas power capacity 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Global gas power capacity by country 2021
- Basic Statistic Global gas power capacity by operating status 2022
- Basic Statistic Global gas power capacity in development by country 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of gas power plants by country 2022
Electricity production
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Prices
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Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Dependable capacity natural gas power plants per grid Philippines 2012-2021
- Number of gas power plants by country 2022
- Installed capacity per grid oil based power plants Philippines 2012-2021
- Dependable capacity of coal power plants Philippines 2012-2021
- Dependable capacity oil based power plants per grid Philippines 2012-2021
- Installed global coal power plant capacity in select countries 2022
- Global gas power capacity in development by country 2022
- Installed natural gas energy capacity India 2022, by region
- Dependable capacity of fossil fuel power plants Philippines 2021, by type
- Installed capacity of fossil fuel power plants Philippines 2021, by type
- Planned gas power capacity additions in the U.S. 2020-2030, by utility
- Largest global coal power plants in operation by capacity 2021
- Largest operational coal power plants in the EU by capacity 2021
- Largest operational coal power plants in China by capacity 2021
- Coal power plants' installed capacity per grid Philippines 2012-2021
- Natural gas power plant capacity in the U.S. 2009-2021
- Global capacity of proposed coal power plants by status 2014-2021
- Global capacity of coal power plants pipeline 2021, by country
- Planned gas power plant capacity additions in Asia 2021, by country
- Global gas power capacity by country 2021
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Global Energy Monitor. (March 15, 2022). Natural gas electricity generating capacity in operation and under construction worldwide as of 2022 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281765/global-gas-power-capacity-by-operating-status/
Global Energy Monitor. "Natural gas electricity generating capacity in operation and under construction worldwide as of 2022 (in gigawatts)." Chart. March 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281765/global-gas-power-capacity-by-operating-status/
Global Energy Monitor. (2022). Natural gas electricity generating capacity in operation and under construction worldwide as of 2022 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281765/global-gas-power-capacity-by-operating-status/
Global Energy Monitor. "Natural Gas Electricity Generating Capacity in Operation and under Construction Worldwide as of 2022 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281765/global-gas-power-capacity-by-operating-status/
Global Energy Monitor, Natural gas electricity generating capacity in operation and under construction worldwide as of 2022 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281765/global-gas-power-capacity-by-operating-status/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
Natural gas electricity generating capacity in operation and under construction worldwide as of 2022 (in gigawatts) [Graph], Global Energy Monitor, March 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281765/global-gas-power-capacity-by-operating-status/