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Ecuador's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2019-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

161gCO₂e/kWh

#26 cleanest of 81 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

78.6%

clean incl. nuclear: 78.6%

Records

Cleanest: 119 (2020-04)

Dirtiest: 359 (2024-11)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 182 -46 75.8 37.9
2024 228 +33 68.7 33.9
2023 195 +14 73.8 35.1
2022 181 +30 76.2 32.9
2021 151 -8 81 32.1
2020 159 -11 79.7 31.2
2019 170 78.1 32.3

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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/ec".

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