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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

#12 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

90.2%

clean incl. nuclear: 92.4%

Records

Cleanest: 75 (2025-03)

Dirtiest: 202 (2021-10)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 102 +4 88.4 755.2
2024 98 +8 89.1 748.8
2023 90 -7 90.4 713.6
2022 97 -68 89.2 675.7
2021 165 +35 78.9 656.3
2020 130 -7 84.4 625.8
2019 137 +5 83 632.5
2018 132 83.8 611.4

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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/br".