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Portugal: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

127.80gCO2e per kWh · 2025-69.1% since 2015

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

19902025

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
2025127.8
2024110.62
2023158.474
2022225.038
2021210.666
2020248.161
2019300.814
2018358.852
2017433.686
2016343.861
2015413.923
2014325.656
2013340.318
2012441.021
2011375.183
2010317.203
2009452.815
2008471.548
2007472.34
2006503.926
2005595.675
2004541.406
2003485.342
2002592.667
2001507.099
2000546.309
1999606.645
1998515.484
1997513.19
1996482.164
1995606.715
1994539.589
1993581.68
1992650.339
1991552.826
1990539.675

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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