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Iceland: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

27.76gCO2e per kWh · 2025+1.0% since 2015

Emissions per unit of electricity generated, as estimated by Ember. Annual figures for Iceland from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
202527.756
202427.822
202327.764
202227.881
202127.901
202028.11
201928.048
201827.984
201727.53
201627.628
201527.493
201427.809
201327.793
201227.82
201127.418
201027.24
200927.528
200827.173
200727.923
200627.411
200526.481
200426.112
200326.777
200226.946
200126.256
200026.15

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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