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Electricity Emissions Intensity in Canada’s Most Fossil-Fired Provinces
Greenhouse gas emitted per kWh of electricity generated, years published, grams of CO2 equivalent
3 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·2 of 6 are at a five-year high·2 of 6 are at a five-year low
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report (Open Government Licence – Canada). Grams of CO2 equivalent per kWh generated by public power producers; the newest year is preliminary. Power imported from a neighbour counts where it was made. From 2005: the tables publish 2005, 2010, 2015 and each year since 2019, so the lines join those years.
The provinces whose grids burned the most coal, with Ontario and the national total for reference. Ontario's line fell when it closed its coal plants and has risen since 2019 as gas fills in; Alberta's has fallen steadily as coal gave way to gas.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- Alberta · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh)as “Alberta”latest 2024-12-31
- Saskatchewan · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh)as “Saskatchewan”latest 2024-12-31
- Nova Scotia · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh)as “Nova Scotia”latest 2024-12-31
- New Brunswick · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh)as “New Brunswick”latest 2024-12-31
- Ontario · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh)as “Ontario”latest 2024-12-31
- Canada · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh)as “Canada”latest 2024-12-31
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Alberta · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh). Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report, electricity intensity tables. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Saskatchewan · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh). Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report, electricity intensity tables. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Nova Scotia · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh). Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report, electricity intensity tables. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
New Brunswick · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh). Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report, electricity intensity tables. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Ontario · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh). Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report, electricity intensity tables. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Canada · Electricity Grid Emissions Intensity (g CO2e per kWh). Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report, electricity intensity tables. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.