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Australia: Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels

60.24percent · 2025-29.9% since 2015

Electricity generated from fossil fuels as a share of total generation. Annual figures for Australia from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202560.237
202464.247
202365.004
202267.961
202171.107
202075.757
201979.219
201881.155
201784.867
201683.837
201585.907
201486.772
201385.764
201287.924
201188.052
201091.174
200991.934
200892.212
200791.657
200691.119
200591.02
200491.549
200391.737
200291.967
200192.303
200091.912
199991.543
199891.511
199791.011
199690.591
199590.592
199490.085
199389.676
199289.7
199189.631
199090.029
198990.052
198889.493
198789.63
198688.816
198588.359

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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