Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Melanesia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Melanesia in 2024 — 502 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.8%.

2024 502 g/kWh −0.32% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 550 g/kWh2018
Period minimum 415 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Melanesia, 2000–20244004505005506002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 415 g/kWh2001: 449 g/kWh2002: 466 g/kWh2003: 486 g/kWh2004: 489 g/kWh2005: 478 g/kWh2006: 480 g/kWh2007: 440 g/kWh2008: 435 g/kWh2009: 449 g/kWh2010: 490 g/kWh2011: 472 g/kWh2012: 460 g/kWh2013: 470 g/kWh2014: 512 g/kWh2015: 512 g/kWh2016: 532 g/kWh2017: 539 g/kWh2018: 550 g/kWh2019: 536 g/kWh2020: 527 g/kWh2021: 512 g/kWh2022: 513 g/kWh2023: 503 g/kWh2024: 502 g/kWh
Change over the period: +86 (+20.76%) Average annual rate: 0.79 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 502 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 502 −2 −0.32%
2023 503 −10 −1.98%
2022 513 +2 +0.37%
2021 512 −16 −2.99%
2020 527 −9 −1.59%
2019 536 −15 −2.64%
2018 550 +12 +2.14%
2017 539 +7 +1.36%
2016 532 +19 +3.75%
2015 512 +0 +0.07%
2014 512 +42 +8.88%
2013 470 +10 +2.19%
2012 460 −12 −2.6%
2011 472 −18 −3.64%
2010 490 +41 +9.17%
2009 449 +14 +3.18%
2008 435 −4 −1.02%
2007 440 −40 −8.42%
2006 480 +2 +0.5%
2005 478 −12 −2.4%
2004 489 +4 +0.77%
2003 486 +20 +4.27%
2002 466 +17 +3.73%
2001 449 +34 +8.1%
2000 415

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.