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Chile's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2016-01 → 2026-04 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-04

295gCO₂e/kWh

#35 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

62%

clean incl. nuclear: 62%

Records

Cleanest: 167 (2024-11)

Dirtiest: 550 (2016-03)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 273 +29 65.4 85.5
2024 244 -37 69.2 85.7
2023 281 -63 63.3 83.7
2022 344 -89 55.4 83.2
2021 433 +6 45.2 81.6
2020 427 -18 46.3 77.8
2019 445 +7 44 77.4
2018 438 -23 46.1 76.9
2017 461 -49 42.9 74.3
2016 510 36.7 73.4

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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/cl".