Carbon Intensity Electricity

The dataset tracks the carbon intensity of electricity production across multiple countries and regional groupings over time. Carbon intensity represents the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of electricity generated, indicating how clean or carbon-heavy a power system is. Lower values typically reflect greater use of renewable or low-carbon energy sources, while higher values indicate reliance on fossil fuels such as coal or oil.

Data Quality

The dataset is generally complete with consistent numeric formatting for year and carbon intensity values. The country/entity column is fully populated. However, the country code column contains missing values for some regional or aggregated entities.

Use Cases

Climate policy analysis, energy transition monitoring, carbon emission benchmarking between countries, academic research on electricity decarbonization, sustainability reporting, and machine learning models predicting energy emissions trends.

Limitations

Some rows correspond to regional groupings rather than individual countries, and the country code field is missing for several entities. The dataset also does not include explanatory variables such as energy mix or generation capacity that could explain variations in carbon intensity.

Methodology

The dataset was likely compiled using national electricity generation data combined with emission factors for different energy sources. Carbon intensity values are calculated by dividing total CO2 emissions from electricity generation by total electricity produced for each year.