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Sri Lanka's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2024-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2024-06

367gCO₂e/kWh

#47 cleanest of 86 tracked (2023)

Renewables share

61.5%

clean incl. nuclear: 61.5%

Records

Cleanest: 168 (2023-12)

Dirtiest: 722 (2017-02)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2023 431 +5 50 15.6
2022 426 -5 51.7 15.9
2021 431 -105 51.2 16.7
2020 536 -9 36.7 15.7
2019 545 +73 34.1 15.7
2018 472 -101 44.9 15.3
2017 573 +16 30.8 14.7
2016 557 +108 33 14.2
2015 449 48.5 13.1

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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/lk".