Natural gas electricity generation growth vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation in United States
Natural gas electricity generation growth and Carbon intensity of electricity generation in United States, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.
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United States, annual figures, spaced by time . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Natural gas electricity generation growth
Unit: % · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Unit: gCO2e/kWh · 26 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Estimate | 607.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2001 | Estimate | 609.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2002 | Estimate | 600.7 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2003 | Estimate | 606.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2004 | Estimate | 602.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2005 | Estimate | 604.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2006 | Estimate | 595.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2007 | Estimate | 598.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2008 | Estimate | 591.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2009 | Estimate | 565 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2010 | Estimate | 570.8 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2011 | Estimate | 550.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2012 | Estimate | 532.8 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2013 | Estimate | 533.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2014 | Estimate | 529.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2015 | Estimate | 504.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2016 | Estimate | 483.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2017 | Estimate | 469.1 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2018 | Estimate | 462.6 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2019 | Estimate | 439.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2020 | Estimate | 411.7 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2021 | Estimate | 423.8 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2022 | Estimate | 410.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2023 | Estimate | 392.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2024 | Estimate | 383.8 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2025 | Estimate | 384.4 gCO2e/kWh |
Shared periods
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The two series do not publish a figure for the same period.
Provenance
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Natural gas electricity generation growth
Annual percentage change in electricity generation from natural gas.
2 observations charted in United States · source organisations: EIA
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.
26 observations charted in United States · source organisations: Ember
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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