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Electricity generation - Fossil fuel output rate

Name: Electricity generation - Fossil fuel output rate
Creator: U.S. EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID)
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Electricity Electricity by generation technology GenerationUP··partAverage

0.718959kgCO₂e/kWhGWP: AR6 (as published)

Published by U.S. EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) in U.S. EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) eGRID2023 rev2 (Any year); last verified 2026-08-28.

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Values by year and methodology


Any year

By gas

co2	0.716386	99.6%
ch4	0.000999	0.1%
n2o	0.001573	0.2%

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open-climate.ai (n.d.). Electricity generation - Fossil fuel output rate [emission factor]. U.S. EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID), U.S. EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) eGRID2023 rev2. Dataset 2026-08-28. Retrieved 2026-09-25. https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-egrid-electricity_generation-us_prms-kwh-generation-e3b72e24