Carbon intensity of electricity in OPEC in 2024 — 613 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OPEC
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 613 | −4 | −0.66% |
| 2023 | 617 | −14 | −2.19% |
| 2022 | 630 | −6 | −0.87% |
| 2021 | 636 | +4 | +0.56% |
| 2020 | 632 | −2 | −0.33% |
| 2019 | 635 | −11 | −1.73% |
| 2018 | 646 | +6 | +0.95% |
| 2017 | 640 | +4 | +0.65% |
| 2016 | 636 | +6 | +0.88% |
| 2015 | 630 | −2 | −0.33% |
| 2014 | 632 | +17 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 615 | −1 | −0.1% |
| 2012 | 615 | +5 | +0.84% |
| 2011 | 610 | −4 | −0.66% |
| 2010 | 614 | +10 | +1.58% |
| 2009 | 605 | +5 | +0.83% |
| 2008 | 600 | +9 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 591 | +5 | +0.92% |
| 2006 | 585 | −1 | −0.12% |
| 2005 | 586 | −6 | −1.02% |
| 2004 | 592 | −8 | −1.32% |
| 2003 | 600 | +1 | +0.24% |
| 2002 | 598 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 2001 | 598 | +10 | +1.63% |
| 2000 | 589 | — | — |
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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