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Germany's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

275gCO₂e/kWh

#44 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

69.2%

clean incl. nuclear: 69.2%

Records

Cleanest: 243 (2025-06)

Dirtiest: 606 (2015-10)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 341 -8 59.6 470.6
2024 349 -38 59.2 466.7
2023 387 -46 54.7 480
2022 433 +25 45.6 544.3
2021 408 +41 41.2 552.7
2020 367 -39 45.2 540.5
2019 406 -61 41.2 569.3
2018 467 -15 37.2 595.7
2017 482 -33 35.5 603.5
2016 515 -7 31.1 598.5
2015 522 30.8 596.6

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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/de".