Emission factor from IGES v11.7
Grid electricity generation, combined margin (CDM) - Government; OM 0.5 /
Colombia · Generation · 2023 onwards
Value from 2023 onwards
0.631kgCO₂e/kWh
Location-based · Fossil only · CO₂ only
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil- Region
- Colombia CO
- Boundary
- Generation
- Data quality
- MediumRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · IGES terms
Where 0.631 comes from
IGES prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.
Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol
Scope 2 0.631
You buy the energy, so its generation is your Scope 2.
The factor, standardised
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Electricity › Electricity by generation technology · Colombia · per kWh · Average
Generation · Location-based · Fossil only
- BoundaryGenerationCombustion at the generating plant for purchased energy carriers. Learn more
- Generation
- Calculation approachLocation-based uses the average grid mix where the electricity was consumed; market-based uses the supplier contract or the residual mix. The two can differ by an order of magnitude on the same kilowatt-hour, so they are never interchangeable. Learn more
- Location-based
- GWP methodWhich IPCC assessment report's warming potentials convert each gas to CO₂e, and over how many years the warming is counted (GWP100: 100 years). Learn more
- None: the value counts CO₂ alone
- CO₂ weighs 1 in every IPCC report, so no GWP applies
- CO₂e basisWhich carbon the CO₂e counts. Fossil only leaves out biogenic methane, land-use change and biogenic CO₂; excl. biogenic CO₂ counts biogenic methane but not the other two; net total counts every pool, net of removals. The same activity on two bases is two different numbers. Learn more
- Fossil onlyFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
- All of it is CO₂
- Life cycle
- Upstream: not coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: not applicableEnd of life: not applicable
Medium quality · Open licence · 2012 to now
All values
12 values, one per year back to 2012. Every one is location-based, fossil only, so the years compare directly. Tap a bar.
2023 onwards0.631Default value
| AppliesYears | TotalkgCO₂e/kWh |
|---|---|
| 0.631Default value | |
| 0.165 | |
| 0.403 | |
| 0.594 | |
| 0.488 | |
| 0.381 | |
| 0.38 | |
| 0.367 | |
| 0.401 | |
| 0.388 | |
| 0.374 | |
| 0.285 |
- Default: what search and the API return when you ask for nothing specific
What this number covers
The path of one kilowatt-hour, from the fuel to your meter. Not every step on it is counted; what is left out is listed below.
Generation
Producing the electricity at the power plants that make up the mix
Included0.631Your meter
1 kWh used. The factor is per kWh measured here.
= 0.631
Outside this boundary
- Electricity lost on the network
- Producing and delivering the plants' fuel
- Building the power plants
IGES counts burning fuel at the plants, not producing and delivering that fuel or building the plants.
Gases
Basis: Fossil onlyFossil carbon only: biogenic CO₂, methane from biogenic sources and land-use change are left out. Learn moreFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
- Fossil CO₂0.631
The CO₂e counts fossil carbon only; biogenic CO₂, biogenic methane and land-use carbon are left out.
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About this factor
From IGES
Where it applies
Official data includes only CMs. OM and BM are caluculated by the authors of this Database from CM values.Source and licence
- Publisher
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
- Library
- IGES v11.7
- Published
- 6 March 2026
The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.
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Cite this factor
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (2026). List of Grid Emission Factors, version 11.7. Available at: https://pub.iges.or.jp/pub/iges-list-grid-emission-factors. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/iges/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-iges-grid_electricity-co-kwh-generation-7f4a0c9a/?v=efv1-629d1361f6f47ec79d9f743ce9eab5ca
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