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Brazil's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2018-01 → 2026-04 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-04
86gCO₂e/kWh
#13 cleanest of 81 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
90.2%
clean incl. nuclear: 92.4%
Records
Cleanest: 75 (2025-03)
Dirtiest: 203 (2021-10)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | +4 | 88.4 | 755.3 |
| 2024 | 98 | +8 | 89.1 | 748.8 |
| 2023 | 90 | -6 | 90.4 | 713.6 |
| 2022 | 96 | -70 | 89.2 | 675.7 |
| 2021 | 166 | +36 | 78.7 | 656.3 |
| 2020 | 130 | -7 | 84.4 | 625.8 |
| 2019 | 137 | +5 | 83 | 632.4 |
| 2018 | 132 | — | 83.8 | 611.4 |
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Open the globe →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/br".
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