Indicator · us-grid-co2
Carbon intensity of electricity generated
At the power plants in the state, combustion only; not the electricity used there.
- Unit
- g CO₂e/kWh
- Places
- 52 states in 2024
- Built from
- Emission factors
- Reading it
- Lower is better.
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Highest and lowest in 2024
| West Virginia | 883 g CO₂e/kWh |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 789 g CO₂e/kWh |
| Wyoming | 759 g CO₂e/kWh |
| Puerto Rico | 726 g CO₂e/kWh |
| Missouri | 636 g CO₂e/kWh |
| Vermont | 26 g CO₂e/kWh |
|---|---|
| Washington | 104 g CO₂e/kWh |
| New Hampshire | 134 g CO₂e/kWh |
| South Dakota | 140 g CO₂e/kWh |
| Idaho | 145 g CO₂e/kWh |
How it is computed
EGRID2024 state total output emission rate, CO₂e (STC2ERTA), from the Emission factors dataset on this site. visualizedata.org computes the indicator for every place and year; the full table, the map and each place's history are on its page there. The underlying data, with its source and license, is on the dataset page, with the API and downloads.