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China's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-05 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-05
513gCO₂e/kWh
#61 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
42.2%
clean incl. nuclear: 46.9%
Records
Cleanest: 513 (2026-05)
Dirtiest: 788 (2015-02)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 563 | -33 | 36.8 | 10391.9 |
| 2024 | 596 | -29 | 33.4 | 9901.1 |
| 2023 | 625 | -5 | 30.3 | 9302.3 |
| 2022 | 630 | -16 | 29.7 | 8688.3 |
| 2021 | 646 | -8 | 27.9 | 8366.9 |
| 2020 | 654 | -15 | 27.2 | 7620.5 |
| 2019 | 669 | -16 | 25.9 | 7332.9 |
| 2018 | 685 | -9 | 24.9 | 6984.5 |
| 2017 | 694 | -11 | 24.5 | 6375.4 |
| 2016 | 705 | -26 | 23.8 | 5971.1 |
| 2015 | 731 | — | 21.9 | 5617.7 |
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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/cn".