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France: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

41.22gCO2e per kWh · 2025-30.3% since 2015

Emissions per unit of electricity generated, as estimated by Ember. Annual figures for France from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
202541.224
202440.337
202353.286
202278.553
202159.801
202059.095
201959.795
201859.94
201778.333
201668.597
201559.187
201452.187
201376.284
201277.602
201174.645
201078.551
200975.58
200876.024
200780.115
200676.575
200585.529
200477.173
200380.861
200275.216
200168.616
200079.76
199987.372
199896.756
199770.832
199679.208
199573.472
199467.262
199368.746
1992101.919
1991121.69
1990104.238

Source

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

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Ember (2026). Carbon intensity of electricity generation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-carbon-intensity (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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