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Russia's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2019-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

371gCO₂e/kWh

#49 cleanest of 81 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

24.6%

clean incl. nuclear: 47.1%

Records

Cleanest: 364 (2020-06)

Dirtiest: 492 (2025-02)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 443 +4 17.5 1150
2024 439 +4 18.3 1166.5
2023 435 +5 17.9 1133.5
2022 430 +10 17.9 1122.9
2021 420 +9 19.4 1114.3
2020 411 -23 20.2 1047
2019 434 17.8 1080

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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/ru".

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