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Denmark's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-06
99gCO₂e/kWh
#20 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
92%
clean incl. nuclear: 92%
Records
Cleanest: 80 (2025-06)
Dirtiest: 524 (2016-03)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 143 | -35 | 86.5 | 33.7 |
| 2024 | 178 | -10 | 81.6 | 34.5 |
| 2023 | 188 | -54 | 80.1 | 32.7 |
| 2022 | 242 | -46 | 74.1 | 34 |
| 2021 | 288 | +53 | 68.6 | 32.6 |
| 2020 | 235 | -11 | 74.2 | 27.9 |
| 2019 | 246 | -83 | 72 | 28.6 |
| 2018 | 329 | +23 | 63.6 | 29.5 |
| 2017 | 306 | -136 | 67.1 | 29 |
| 2016 | 442 | +62 | 45.9 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 380 | — | 52.4 | 28 |
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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/dk".