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Italy's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2016-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

249gCO₂e/kWh

#37 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

58.8%

clean incl. nuclear: 58.8%

Records

Cleanest: 203 (2025-05)

Dirtiest: 449 (2017-11)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 293 +4 50.2 250.2
2024 289 -44 51.7 252.8
2023 333 -56 46 246.1
2022 389 +41 37.3 263
2021 348 +4 42.5 266.6
2020 344 -19 43.6 260.6
2019 363 -15 40.8 276.3
2018 378 -9 40.2 275.1
2017 387 +29 36.4 276.3
2016 358 38.9 272.7

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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/it".