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Iceland's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2000-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-06
18gCO₂e/kWh
#1 cleanest of 81 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
100%
clean incl. nuclear: 100%
Records
Cleanest: 16 (2020-06)
Dirtiest: 22 (2002-07)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 18.8 |
| 2024 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 19.6 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 20.2 |
| 2022 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 20.1 |
| 2021 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 19.6 |
| 2020 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 19.1 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 19.5 |
| 2018 | 17 | -1 | 100 | 19.8 |
| 2017 | 18 | 0 | 100 | 19.2 |
| 2016 | 18 | 0 | 100 | 18.5 |
| 2015 | 18 | +1 | 100 | 18.8 |
| 2014 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 18.1 |
| 2013 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 18.1 |
| 2012 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 17.6 |
| 2011 | 17 | -1 | 100 | 17.2 |
| 2010 | 18 | 0 | 100 | 17.1 |
| 2009 | 18 | 0 | 100 | 16.8 |
| 2008 | 18 | +1 | 100 | 16.5 |
| 2007 | 17 | -1 | 100 | 12 |
| 2006 | 18 | -2 | 99.9 | 9.9 |
| 2005 | 20 | 0 | 99.9 | 8.7 |
| 2004 | 20 | -1 | 100 | 8.6 |
| 2003 | 21 | +1 | 99.9 | 8.5 |
| 2002 | 20 | 0 | 99.9 | 8.4 |
| 2001 | 20 | 0 | 100 | 8 |
| 2000 | 20 | — | 99.9 | 7.7 |
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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/is".
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