Industrial electricity price premium over China vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation in European Union

Industrial electricity price premium over China and Carbon intensity of electricity generation in European Union, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.

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Industrial electricity price premium over China

Unit: % · 2 observations

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Industrial electricity price premium over ChinaIndustrial electricity price premium over China. 2 observations from 2019 to 2025, ranging from 20% to 50%, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 50% (2025). % 0 10 20 30 40 50 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 20% 50%
Industrial electricity price premium over ChinaIndustrial electricity price premium over China. 2 observations from 2019 to 2025, ranging from 20% to 50%, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 50% (2025). % 0 20 40 60 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 20% 50%
Industrial electricity price premium over ChinaIndustrial electricity price premium over China. 2 observations from 2019 to 2025, ranging from 20% to 50%, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 50% (2025). % 0 20 40 60 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 20% 50%
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Industrial electricity price premium over China
Period Type Value
2019 Actual 20%
2025 Forecast 50%
Source: IEA · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Carbon intensity of electricity generation

Unit: gCO2/kWh · 2 observations

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Carbon intensity of electricity generationCarbon intensity of electricity generation. 2 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 140 gCO2/kWh to 175 gCO2/kWh, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 140 gCO2/kWh (2026). gCO2/kWh 0 50 100 150 200 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 175 140
Carbon intensity of electricity generationCarbon intensity of electricity generation. 2 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 140 gCO2/kWh to 175 gCO2/kWh, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 140 gCO2/kWh (2026). gCO2/kWh 0 50 100 150 200 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 175 140
Carbon intensity of electricity generationCarbon intensity of electricity generation. 2 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 140 gCO2/kWh to 175 gCO2/kWh, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 140 gCO2/kWh (2026). gCO2/kWh 0 50 100 150 200 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 175 140
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Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Period Type Value
2024 Actual 175 gCO2/kWh
2026 Forecast 140 gCO2/kWh
Source: IEA · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Industrial electricity price premium over China

Percentage by which electricity prices for energy-intensive industries in a reporting region exceed those in China.

2 observations charted in European Union · source organisations: IEA

Carbon intensity of electricity generation

Emissions intensity of electricity generation, measured as greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.

2 observations charted in European Union · source organisations: IEA

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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