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Carbon intensity of electricity — Faroe Islands

Carbon intensity of electricity in the Faroe Islands in 2023 — 347 g/kWh. Ranked 74 in the world out of 210. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 15.2%.

2023 347 g/kWh −2.04% vs 2022
World rank 74of 210
Period maximum 464 g/kWh2010
Period minimum 281 g/kWh2015

Trend over time

2000–2023 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Faroe Islands, 2000–20232503003504004505002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 409 g/kWh2001: 458 g/kWh2002: 375 g/kWh2003: 458 g/kWh2004: 400 g/kWh2005: 360 g/kWh2006: 360 g/kWh2007: 370 g/kWh2008: 407 g/kWh2009: 407 g/kWh2010: 464 g/kWh2011: 407 g/kWh2012: 414 g/kWh2013: 414 g/kWh2014: 323 g/kWh2015: 281 g/kWh2016: 355 g/kWh2017: 333 g/kWh2018: 343 g/kWh2019: 395 g/kWh2020: 390 g/kWh2021: 395 g/kWh2022: 354 g/kWh2023: 347 g/kWh
Change over the period: −62 (−15.19%) Average annual rate: -0.71 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands 347 g/kWh
World computed 484 g/kWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 331 g/kWh
Northern Europe computed 132 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 379 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2023 347 −7 −2.04%
2022 354 −41 −10.42%
2021 395 +5 +1.31%
2020 390 −5 −1.14%
2019 395 +52 +15.13%
2018 343 +10 +2.86%
2017 333 −22 −6.06%
2016 355 +74 +26.17%
2015 281 −41 −12.81%
2014 323 −91 −22.04%
2013 414 +0 +0%
2012 414 +6 +1.57%
2011 407 −57 −12.25%
2010 464 +57 +13.96%
2009 407 +0 +0%
2008 407 +37 +10%
2007 370 +10 +2.88%
2006 360 +0 +0%
2005 360 −40 −10%
2004 400 −58 −12.73%
2003 458 +83 +22.22%
2002 375 −83 −18.18%
2001 458 +49 +12.04%
2000 409 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IS Iceland 28 NO Norway 30 SE Sweden 38 FI Finland 81 LT Lithuania 119 LV Latvia 119 GL Greenland 131 DK Denmark 152 GB United Kingdom 236 IE Ireland 283 FO Faroe Islands 347 EE Estonia 395
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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