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Argentina's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2018-01 → 2026-05 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-05

319gCO₂e/kWh

#42 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

41.9%

clean incl. nuclear: 48.5%

Records

Cleanest: 235 (2023-10)

Dirtiest: 426 (2019-02)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 328 -2 39.8 142.8
2024 330 +6 39.6 142.1
2023 324 -44 42 141.4
2022 368 -25 35.7 138.8
2021 393 +15 29.3 141.8
2020 378 +3 31.2 134.2
2019 375 -18 32.9 131.3
2018 393 31.5 137.5

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Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/ar".