Figures aim to include full lifecycle emissions including upstream methane, supply-chain and manufacturing emissions, and include all gases, converted into COâ‚‚ equivalent over a 100 year timescale.
*Other fossil includes generation from oil and petroleum products, as well as manufactured gases and waste.**Other Renewables generation includes geothermal, tidal and wave generation.
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European Union power sector emissions 2000-2023, by source
The European Union's emissions from coal-fired electricity generation decreased ** percent in 2023, to *** million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCOâ‚‚e). This accounted for almost ** percent of the EU's total power sector emissions that year. Although coal is the most carbon polluting source of electricity in the EU, it's share of power sector emissions has fallen considerably over the past two decades, owing to several member states phasing out this polluting fuel for other sources such as natural gas.
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