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FX · per US dollarOpen ›

PairRateChg
USD/EUR Euro 0.8952 —
USD/GBP Pound sterling 0.7566 —
USD/JPY Japanese yen 158.54 —
USD/CNY Chinese yuan 6.7058 —
USD/INR Indian rupee 95.91 —
USD/NGN Nigerian naira 1,331.44 —
USD/ZAR South African rand 16.54 —
USD/BRL Brazilian real 4.9899 —
USD/SAR Saudi riyal 3.7500 —
USD/CAD Canadian dollar 1.4274 —

Mid-market reference, not official central-bank rates. CEII history since 12 Oct 2026.

Crude benchmarks · US$/bblOpen ›

  • Brent 125.44 -0.07
  • WTI 96.24 +0.11

Global capacity · WRI GPPD 2021Countries ›

34,886plants
5,628GW recorded
  • Coal 1,950 GW
  • Gas 1,481 GW
  • Hydro 1,049 GW
  • Nuclear 403 GW
  • Wind 263 GW
  • Oil 260 GW
  • Solar 188 GW
  • Biomass 34 GW
  1. Three Gorges Dam (CHN)22,500 MW
  2. Baihetan Dam (CHN)13,050 MW
  3. Xiluodu (CHN)12,600 MW
  4. Surgutskaya GRES-2 (RUS)8,865 MW
  5. Simon Bolivar (Guri) (VEN)8,851 MW
  6. Tucuruí (BRA)8,535 MW
  7. Kashiwazaki Kariwa (JPN)8,212 MW
  8. Itaipu (Parte Brasileira) (BRA)7,000 MW

Wire · CEII NewsroomAll ›

  1. 27m 2002-built jack-up comes to Asian yard for MOPU conversion ahead of gas field deployment Offshore Energy
  2. 36m Kenyan parliamentary leaders back Dangote’s Lamu refinery, pledge support for IPO Nairametrics
  3. 36m UV down-shifting layers could boost TOPCon solar module energy yield by over 4% pv magazine
  4. 45m North Sea operator appoints DOF for subsea decommissioning Offshore Energy
  5. 1h Shell Slams Australia’s Plan to Force LNG Producers to Supply Domestic Market OilPrice.com
  6. 2h Seadrill scores big with new rig awards in Asia, Africa, and US Gulf Offshore Energy
  7. 3h Oil Prices Retreat as Saudi Arabia Pledges to Keep Exports Flowing OilPrice.com
  8. 3h Dangote Petroleum Refinery extends IPO amid strong investor demand Premium Times
  9. 3h Italy’s solar capacity could reach 137 GW by 2040, grid operators say pv magazine
  10. 3h Distributed solar expected to reach 92 GW by 2036 pv magazine
  11. 3h Australian-made PV installation and piling robots moving towards commercial-scale production pv magazine
  12. 4h Design for all climates pv magazine
  13. 5h Trump’s Dirty Energy Double Whammy: Pay More for Fuel & Power—and Use More of It CleanTechnica
  14. 5h Ghosts of past subsidies haunt Nigeria’s petrol discount sale BusinessDay
  15. 5h Samsung C&T refers 800MWh Darnum BESS in Victoria’s Gippsland region to Australia’s EPBC Act Energy-Storage.news
  16. 6h New South Wales BESS earn nearly AU$6 million as two-hour ‘extreme’ price event sweeps Australia’s energy market Energy-Storage.news

Solar · 18 world cities, kWh/m²Open ›

  • Abuja 5.3
  • Lagos 5.6
  • Kano 6.1
  • Nairobi 7.8
  • Cairo 4.4
  • Johannesburg 7.8
  • Riyadh 5.4
  • Dubai 4.8
  • New Delhi 4.5
  • Beijing 4.2
  • Tokyo 2.9
  • Sydney 2.0
  • London 2.4
  • Berlin 2.5
  • Madrid 4.4
  • Houston 5.2
  • São Paulo 5.1
  • Mexico City 6.1

Macro · WorldCountries ›

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