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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

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %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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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".