Electricity generation vs Fossil CO2 emissions in United States
In 2024, electricity generation in United States was 4,309 billion kilowatthours; fossil CO2 emissions was 4,904.1 million tonnes.
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United States, annual figures, spaced by time . Different units, drawn on separate scales . Read the values, not the heights.
Electricity generation
Unit: billion kilowatthours · 4 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Fossil CO2 emissions
Unit: million tonnes · 35 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Estimate | 5,131.8 million tonnes |
| 1991 | Estimate | 5,076.4 million tonnes |
| 1992 | Estimate | 5,178.8 million tonnes |
| 1993 | Estimate | 5,279.5 million tonnes |
| 1994 | Estimate | 5,361.9 million tonnes |
| 1995 | Estimate | 5,425.8 million tonnes |
| 1996 | Estimate | 5,601.1 million tonnes |
| 1997 | Estimate | 5,673.1 million tonnes |
| 1998 | Estimate | 5,736.4 million tonnes |
| 1999 | Estimate | 5,800.3 million tonnes |
| 2000 | Estimate | 6,023.2 million tonnes |
| 2001 | Estimate | 5,903.6 million tonnes |
| 2002 | Estimate | 5,947.8 million tonnes |
| 2003 | Estimate | 6,006.4 million tonnes |
| 2004 | Estimate | 6,111.5 million tonnes |
| 2005 | Estimate | 6,126.9 million tonnes |
| 2006 | Estimate | 6,045.3 million tonnes |
| 2007 | Estimate | 6,121.5 million tonnes |
| 2008 | Estimate | 5,919.2 million tonnes |
| 2009 | Estimate | 5,486.1 million tonnes |
| 2010 | Estimate | 5,669.2 million tonnes |
| 2011 | Estimate | 5,539 million tonnes |
| 2012 | Estimate | 5,331.5 million tonnes |
| 2013 | Estimate | 5,473.4 million tonnes |
| 2014 | Estimate | 5,531.4 million tonnes |
| 2015 | Estimate | 5,368.5 million tonnes |
| 2016 | Estimate | 5,245.4 million tonnes |
| 2017 | Estimate | 5,195.4 million tonnes |
| 2018 | Estimate | 5,361.2 million tonnes |
| 2019 | Estimate | 5,235.9 million tonnes |
| 2020 | Estimate | 4,690 million tonnes |
| 2021 | Estimate | 5,020.1 million tonnes |
| 2022 | Estimate | 5,055.4 million tonnes |
| 2023 | Estimate | 4,918.4 million tonnes |
| 2024 | Estimate | 4,904.1 million tonnes |
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| Period | Electricity generation | Fossil CO2 emissions |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,309 billion kilowatthours EIA | 4,904.1 million tonnes GCP |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Electricity generation
Total volume of electric energy generated.
4 observations charted in United States · source organisations: EIA
Fossil CO2 emissions
Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (such as cement manufacture).
35 observations charted in United States · source organisations: GCP
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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