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United States: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

384.40gCO2e per kWh · 2025-23.9% since 2015

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

20002025

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
2025384.403
2024383.81
2023392.9
2022410.387
2021423.779
2020411.73
2019439.447
2018462.631
2017469.067
2016483.393
2015504.944
2014529.455
2013533.49
2012532.82
2011550.533
2010570.84
2009565.022
2008591.333
2007598.477
2006595.455
2005604.39
2004602.442
2003606.338
2002600.66
2001609.887
2000607.516

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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