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Portugal's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-06
121gCO₂e/kWh
#15 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
83.7%
clean incl. nuclear: 83.7%
Records
Cleanest: 62 (2024-04)
Dirtiest: 525 (2015-06)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | +22 | 82.5 | 45.5 |
| 2024 | 100 | -56 | 87.6 | 41.6 |
| 2023 | 156 | -73 | 75.4 | 41.1 |
| 2022 | 229 | +13 | 60.1 | 41.6 |
| 2021 | 216 | -41 | 64.6 | 43.8 |
| 2020 | 257 | -59 | 59.1 | 46.6 |
| 2019 | 316 | -68 | 53.2 | 46.2 |
| 2018 | 384 | -76 | 49.9 | 52.3 |
| 2017 | 460 | +95 | 39.3 | 52.2 |
| 2016 | 365 | -69 | 54.9 | 52.6 |
| 2015 | 434 | — | 48.5 | 46.4 |
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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/pt".