Renewable Pulse

Connecting…

A live instrument panel for how much of the world's electricity already comes from renewables.

Brazil deep-dive

87%hydro + wind + solar share of observed generation

Generation mix (MWmed)

last 14 days, all subsystems

Generation mix by region

% of subsystem total, last 14 days

Average generation by hour of day (MWmed)

real hourly readings, averaged over the last 7 days, UTC, all subsystems

Top real plants

by average output, last 14 days
  1. 1
    PRIT60 (BR-SE)5,001 MWmed
  2. 2
    PYIT50 (BR-SE)2,487 MWmed
  3. 3
    PATU (BR-N)1,829 MWmed
  4. 4
    ALUXG (BR-NE)1,612 MWmed
  5. 5
    SPILS (BR-SE)1,387 MWmed
  6. 6
    SCUHIT (BR-S)1,212 MWmed
  7. 7
    PRGBM (BR-S)1,209 MWmed
  8. 8
    BAUSQ (BR-NE)1,110 MWmed
  9. 9
    PRUHSS (BR-S)1,054 MWmed
  10. 10
    ROUHSN (BR-SE)1,051 MWmed

Hour-to-hour volatility

coefficient of variation, last 7 days
  • solar
    1.23
  • wind
    0.39
  • hydro
    0.27
  • thermal
    0.12

USA deep-dive

32%hydro + wind + solar share of observed generation

Generation mix (MWh)

last 14 days, US48 national aggregate

Generation mix by region

% of RTO/ISO total, last 14 days

Average generation by hour of day (MWh)

real hourly readings, averaged over the last 7 days, UTC, US48 national aggregate

Top USA plants by registered capacity

EIA-860 nameplate capacity, not live output
  1. 1
    W A Parish (TX)4,008 MW
  2. 2
    Bowen (GA)3,499 MW
  3. 3
    Crystal River (FL)3,449 MW
  4. 4
    Barry (AL)3,344 MW
  5. 5
    Monroe (MI) (MI)3,293 MW
  6. 6
    John E Amos (WV)2,933 MW
  7. 7
    Jack McDonough (GA)2,848 MW
  8. 8
    Fort Myers (FL)2,681 MW
  9. 9
    Cumberland (TN) (TN)2,600 MW
  10. 10
    Roxboro (NC)2,558 MW

EIA Form 860/860M (electricity/operating-generator-capacity), first 5000 of ~4.3M operating generator-months — a real sample, not full US coverage

Hour-to-hour volatility

coefficient of variation, last 7 days
  • solar
    1.14
  • thermal
    0.76
  • hydro
    0.27
  • wind
    0.26

Europe deep-dive

Loading generation mix…

Loading regional mix…

Loading diurnal pattern…

Loading volatility…

Plant registry

hydrowindsolarthermalnuclearother

ANEEL SIGA daily CKAN resource 2f65a1b0-19b8-4360-8238-b34ab4693d55, ODbL

  • BR-N5,600 MWmed · 2:00 AM
  • BR-NE26,135 MWmed · 2:00 AM
  • BR-S15,873 MWmed · 2:00 AM
  • BR-SE29,313 MWmed · 2:00 AM

Country comparison

Brazil

ONS
87%hydro + wind + solar share of observed generation · 10/5/2026 · MWmed

Europe (Norway + Netherlands)

ENTSO-E
57%hydro + wind + solar share of observed generation · 10/5/2026 · MAW

USA

EIA
32%hydro + wind + solar share of observed generation · 10/5/2026 · MWh

Loading composition comparison…

Loading pipeline health…

Pipeline transparency

Loading ingestion throughput…

Dead-letter queue

Loading DLQ preview…

Data provenance

ONSONS Dados Abertos — "Geração de Usinas em Base Horária" (geracao-usina-2)Republished daily at 12:00 and 19:00 (Brazil grid operator's own dataset metadata)A monthly CKAN/S3 CSV file, not a queryable REST endpoint — apps/ingest downloads the current month's file each poll and filters to new rows.
EIAEIA Open Data API v2 — electricity/rto/fuel-type-dataHourly (UTC)US48 national aggregate plus 7 individual RTO/ISO respondents (CAISO, ERCOT, ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO, PJM, SPP).
ENTSOEENTSO-E Transparency Platform — Actual Generation per Type (document type A75, process type A16)15–60 minute resolution depending on bidding zone/series (live-confirmed PT15M for Norway)Norway's five bidding zones plus the Netherlands.