The World's Energy System, Visible.
A global initiative dedicated to energy transparency, resilience, and intelligence — for the benefit of humanity. We measure the planet's energy system in real time, replay its history, and forecast its future.
Why The Meridian Initiative Exists
The world's energy system is the largest machine humanity has ever built — and the least understood. Decisions worth trillions of dollars, the safety of billions of people, and the trajectory of our climate all depend on it. Yet no single institution measures it in full view.
The Meridian Initiative exists to change that. We unify global, regional, and asset-level energy data into a single transparent intelligence layer — accessible to governments, utilities, researchers, and the public.
Reliable energy is the foundation of civilization. Visibility is the foundation of reliable energy.
A complete intelligence stack
for the world's energy system.
The planet, in real time.
Streaming from the Global Energy Observatory — aggregated from utilities, ISO/RTOs, government datasets, satellite observation, and verified market data.
Open Global Energy ObservatoryReplay the events that
shaped the world's grid.
AI insights from the world's
energy system.
European demand expected to increase 8% this week as a cold front moves from the Atlantic into Central Europe.
Louisiana projected to experience grid stress due to extreme temperatures combined with delayed gas plant return-to-service.
ERCOT solar curtailment likely to exceed 4.2 GW on Friday between 11:00 and 14:00 local.
Methodology, in the open.
A network that spans the
world's energy institutions.
- ENTSO-E
- ERCOT
- PJM
- CAISO
- AEMO
- IEA
- RMI
- Lawrence Berkeley
- Fraunhofer
- IIASA
- DOE
- European Commission
- METI
- BEIS
- ANEEL
- National Grid
- Tennet
- Iberdrola Networks
- TEPCO
- MIT Energy
- Princeton ZERO
- Oxford INET
- Tsinghua
- Open-source community
- Satellite operators
- Cloud providers