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Spain's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-06
130gCO₂e/kWh
#18 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
60.2%
clean incl. nuclear: 80.3%
Records
Cleanest: 98 (2026-02)
Dirtiest: 412 (2017-11)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | +9 | 58.1 | 256.1 |
| 2024 | 129 | -28 | 59.8 | 249.1 |
| 2023 | 157 | -53 | 53.6 | 248.6 |
| 2022 | 210 | +30 | 44.8 | 262.6 |
| 2021 | 180 | -6 | 49.4 | 247.3 |
| 2020 | 186 | -51 | 46.8 | 238.7 |
| 2019 | 237 | -48 | 39.5 | 246.5 |
| 2018 | 285 | -43 | 41 | 246.1 |
| 2017 | 328 | +54 | 34.5 | 245.4 |
| 2016 | 274 | -56 | 41.9 | 244.4 |
| 2015 | 330 | — | 38 | 251.5 |
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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/es".