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The International Energy Agency (IEA) provides comprehensive electricity emission factors, which are essential for understanding the carbon footprint of electricity generation across different regions and energy sources. These factors assist governments, businesses, and researchers in measuring the environmental impact of electricity consumption and in developing strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector.

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IEA Emissions Factors 2024
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IEA Emissions Factors 2024

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Description
The International Energy Agency (IEA) provides comprehensive electricity emission factors, which are essential for understanding the carbon footprint of electricity generation across different regions and energy sources. These factors assist governments, businesses, and researchers in measuring the environmental impact of electricity consumption and in developing strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector.
Source type
Intergovernmental
Original dataset URLURL
Year released
2024
Geography
Multiple regions
Sector
Type of data
Activity-based
Emission results
CO2 - CH4 - N2O
Data Transformation
The source reports emissions in gCO2/kWh, which have been converted to kgCO2/kWh to ensure consistency.

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Data quality assurance
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Partial factor
The source reports emission factors for the year 2023 in CO2 only and does not include the impact of other GHGs.

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