About LowCarbonPower
Through unrivaled aggregation of electricity data from around the world, we highlight past and present decarbonization victories. Our platform, accessible in five languages, is a trusted resource in the Chinese-speaking world and beyond, making clean energy solutions visible and achievable.
Media participation
Partners
Research papers and reports
LowCarbonPower data has been used by universities, international organisations, central banks and parliaments, including:
- Nature Climate Change (Tsinghua University, University College London, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences): Different technology packages for aluminium smelters worldwide to deliver the 1.5 °C target (2025)
- United Nations Development Programme: Low-emission transport to achieve the Paris Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean (2025)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Industrial country diagnostic: Albania (2026)
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: Oxford Energy Forum 141 – Gas to 2030: Transition, Supply Risk and Market Uncertainty (2024)
- National Bank of Belgium: Energy inflation during the gas and electricity price surge: a comparison of Belgium and neighbouring countries (2025)
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Eindhoven University of Technology): Meta-analysis of life cycle assessments for Li-ion batteries production emissions (2025)
- Green Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute): Sustainable iron production via highly efficient low-temperature electrolysis of 3D conductive colloidal electrodes (2024)
- World Economic Forum: How hybrid planes could make aviation more sustainable (2024)
- Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs: Trends in the International Conversation on Energy Transition: From a Perspective of Public Health Policy (2024)
- Energies: Actualization and Adoption of Renewable Energy Usage in Remote Communities in Canada by 2050: A Review (2023)
- Sustainability: Looking for Environmental Scoring: A Case Study of a Portuguese Cotton White T-Shirt Made with Recycled Fiber (2024)
LowCarbonPower figures have also been cited in parliamentary publications of the German Bundestag and the Spanish Congress of Deputies, and in reporting by Deutsche Welle, Le Monde, DIE ZEIT and the Taipei Times.
Team
Olof Nordenstam (陸曉鷗), founder and CEO. Originally from Sweden, Olof has been living in Beijing, Xiamen and now Taipei since 2008. He started LowCarbonPower in 2019.
Ting Yao Long (陳耀龍), social media manager. Yao Long came from Malaysia to Taiwan to study Communication studies. Once in Taiwan he became interested in environmental issues and is now applying his skills to increasing awareness of the need for decarbonization. Currently managing our accounts on Instagram and Facebook.
Devon Reeser, development consultant. MA in International Development and Environment.
Helene Chen, designer.
Antoine Brunel, SEO expert.
張文杰, Romily Sun, Nathan Dubois, localization advisors.
Data sources
We aggregate data from a large number of data sources, listed below. You can download our combined data used throughout the site using links at the bottom of every page. Each country/region page clearly indicates which data source was used for each year at the bottom of the page.
Contact
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