Home / Compare / Wind turbine price vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation Wind turbine price vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation Wind turbine price and Carbon intensity of electricity generation worldwide, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.
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Wind turbine price
Unit: million USD per MW · 2 observations
Line chart Wind turbine price Wind turbine price. 2 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 0.8 million USD per MW to 1.03 million USD per MW. Latest value 0.8 million USD per MW (2023).
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Wind turbine price Wind turbine price. 2 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 0.8 million USD per MW to 1.03 million USD per MW. Latest value 0.8 million USD per MW (2023).
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Wind turbine price Wind turbine price. 2 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 0.8 million USD per MW to 1.03 million USD per MW. Latest value 0.8 million USD per MW (2023).
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Unit: gCO2/kWh · 2 observations
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Carbon intensity of electricity generation Carbon intensity of electricity generation. 2 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 415 gCO2/kWh to 445 gCO2/kWh, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 415 gCO2/kWh (2026).
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Carbon intensity of electricity generation Carbon intensity of electricity generation. 2 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 415 gCO2/kWh to 445 gCO2/kWh, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 415 gCO2/kWh (2026).
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Carbon intensity of electricity generation Carbon intensity of electricity generation. 2 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 415 gCO2/kWh to 445 gCO2/kWh, of which 1 are forecasts. Latest value 415 gCO2/kWh (2026).
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Provenance
Where these numbers come from The average price of wind turbines per unit of capacity.
2 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: IEA
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 Global
· source organisations: IEA
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