Value from 2025 onwards
0.0461kgCO₂e/kWh
Location-based · Production mix · Fossil only · CO₂ only
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil- Region
- Brazil BR
- Boundary
- Generation
- Data quality
- MediumRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · MCTI terms
Where 0.0461 comes from
MCTI prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.
Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol
Scope 2 0.0461
You buy the energy, so its generation is your Scope 2.
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Electricity › Grid electricity · Brazil · 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, production mix
- 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 · 2006 to now
All values
20 values, one per year back to 2006. Every one is location-based, production mix, fossil only, so the years compare directly. Tap a bar.
2025 onwards0.0461Default value
| AppliesYears | TotalkgCO₂e/kWh |
|---|---|
| 0.0461Default value | |
| 0.0545 | |
| 0.0385 | |
| 0.0426 | |
| 0.126 | |
| 0.0617 | |
| 0.075 | |
| 0.074 | |
| 0.0927 | |
| 0.0817 | |
| 0.124 | |
| 0.136 | |
| 0.096 | |
| 0.0653 | |
| 0.0292 | |
| 0.0512 | |
| 0.0246 | |
| 0.0484 | |
| 0.0293 | |
| 0.0323 |
- 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
Included0.0461Your meter
1 kWh used. The factor is per kWh measured here.
= 0.0461
Outside this boundary
- Electricity lost on the network
- Producing and delivering the plants' fuel
- Building the power plants
MCTI 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
- Carbon dioxide (CO₂)0.0461
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 MCTI
What it is
Os fatores de emissão médios de CO2 para energia elétrica a serem utilizados em inventários têm como objetivo estimar a quantidade de CO2 associada a uma geração de energia elétrica determinada. Ele calcula a média das emissões da geração, levando em consideração todas as usinas que estão gerando energia e não somente aquelas que estejam funcionando na margem. Se todos os consumidores de energia elétrica do SIN calculassem as suas emissões multiplicando a energia consumida por esse Fator de Emissão, o somatório corresponderia às emissões do SIN.Where it applies
Nesse sentido, ele deve ser usado quando o objetivo for quantificar as emissões da energia elétrica que está sendo gerada em determinado momento. Ele serve, portanto, para inventários em geral, corporativos ou de outra natureza.Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI)
- Library
- MCTI 2026-janago
The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.
Cite this factor
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), SIRENE, Fatores de Emissão de CO2 do Sistema Interligado Nacional, CC BY-ND 3.0. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/mcti_br/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-mctibr-grid_electricity-br-kwh-generation-de49008e/?v=efv1-43c25a4df021a6e82a3957500fb86ca6
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