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China's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-07 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-07
527gCO₂e/kWh
#62 cleanest of 81 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
40.4%
clean incl. nuclear: 44.8%
Records
Cleanest: 516 (2026-06)
Dirtiest: 788 (2015-02)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 564 | -34 | 36.1 | 10389.2 |
| 2024 | 598 | -30 | 32.7 | 9911.5 |
| 2023 | 628 | -4 | 29.5 | 9302.3 |
| 2022 | 632 | -17 | 28.9 | 8688.2 |
| 2021 | 649 | -7 | 27.2 | 8371.2 |
| 2020 | 656 | -14 | 26.7 | 7621.1 |
| 2019 | 670 | -17 | 25.4 | 7332.2 |
| 2018 | 687 | -7 | 24.5 | 6984.3 |
| 2017 | 694 | -11 | 24.2 | 6375.4 |
| 2016 | 705 | -26 | 23.5 | 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".
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