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SECTOR PROFILE · 2024

Power

3.5 billion cars/yr16.0 Gt = gigatonne: one billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e/yr24.1% of global tracked

The worst emitters in power: countries and companies, side-by-side.

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What is it?
Power is electricity generation: burning coal, gas, oil or biomass to make electrons.
Why does it emit?
Fossil-fired plants release CO₂ directly from combustion; methane leaks from gas infrastructure.
What’s it equivalent to?
That’s about 3.5 billion cars driven for a year.
About this sector

The league tables below rank both the countries where this sector is largest and the companies whose biggest attributed sector is power. Totals come from Climate TRACE’s open dataset and refresh whenever the pipeline runs.

16 Gt = gigatonne: one billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalentAnnual total49Countries ranked50Companies ranked
Top countries in this sector
Show all countries (49)
11Viet Nam= 44M cars/yrPower share202 Mt CO₂eNEW12Germany= 40.2M cars/yrPower share185 Mt CO₂eNEW13Taiwan= 35.8M cars/yrPower share165 Mt CO₂eNEW14Australia= 35.6M cars/yrPower share164 Mt CO₂eNEW15Mexico= 33.8M cars/yrPower share155 Mt CO₂eNEW16Turkey= 31.2M cars/yrPower share144 Mt CO₂eNEW17Kazakhstan= 28.4M cars/yrPower share131 Mt CO₂eNEW18Malaysia= 28.1M cars/yrPower share129 Mt CO₂eNEW19Iraq= 27.5M cars/yrPower share127 Mt CO₂eNEW20Poland= 26.9M cars/yrPower share124 Mt CO₂eNEW21Egypt= 24.3M cars/yrPower share112 Mt CO₂eNEW22Pakistan= 22.1M cars/yrPower share102 Mt CO₂eNEW23Canada= 21.4M cars/yrPower share98.7 Mt CO₂eNEW24Philippines= 21.4M cars/yrPower share98.5 Mt CO₂eNEW25Thailand= 20.8M cars/yrPower share95.5 Mt CO₂eNEW26UAE= 17.9M cars/yrPower share82.3 Mt CO₂eNEW27Italy= 15.4M cars/yrPower share70.8 Mt CO₂eNEW28Bangladesh= 14.4M cars/yrPower share66.3 Mt CO₂eNEW29Kuwait= 13.4M cars/yrPower share61.8 Mt CO₂eNEW30Uzbekistan= 12.6M cars/yrPower share58.1 Mt CO₂eNEW31Brazil= 12.4M cars/yrPower share57.1 Mt CO₂eNEW32UK= 11.9M cars/yrPower share54.8 Mt CO₂eNEW33Argentina= 11M cars/yrPower share50.5 Mt CO₂eNEW34Ukraine= 10.1M cars/yrPower share46.5 Mt CO₂eNEW35Algeria= 9.8M cars/yrPower share45.2 Mt CO₂eNEW36Turkmenistan= 7.7M cars/yrPower share35.5 Mt CO₂eNEW37Netherlands= 6.8M cars/yrPower share31.1 Mt CO₂eNEW38Spain= 6.7M cars/yrPower share31 Mt CO₂eNEW39Qatar= 6.5M cars/yrPower share30.1 Mt CO₂eNEW40Libya= 5.7M cars/yrPower share26.4 Mt CO₂eNEW41Colombia= 5M cars/yrPower share23.1 Mt CO₂eNEW42France= 4.8M cars/yrPower share22.2 Mt CO₂eNEW43Oman= 4.8M cars/yrPower share22 Mt CO₂eNEW44Mongolia= 3.9M cars/yrPower share17.9 Mt CO₂eNEW45Nigeria= 3.5M cars/yrPower share16.1 Mt CO₂eNEW46Venezuela= 3.1M cars/yrPower share14.2 Mt CO₂eNEW47Sudan= 884k cars/yrPower share4.1 Mt CO₂eNEW48Tanzania= 668k cars/yrPower share3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW49Ethiopia= 520 cars/yrPower share2.4 kt CO₂eNEW
Top companies in this sector
Show all companies (50)
16Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC= 13.7M cars/yrPower · Russia63.2 Mt CO₂eNEW17Ministry of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy (Kuwait)= 11.8M cars/yrPower · Kuwait54.2 Mt CO₂eNEW19Jindal Steel Ltd= 8.8M cars/yrPower · India40.5 Mt CO₂eNEW23Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd= 9.3M cars/yrPower · India42.8 Mt CO₂eNEW24Unipro PJSC= 9.3M cars/yrPower · Russia42.7 Mt CO₂eNEW26Andhra Pradesh Power Development Co Ltd= 6.9M cars/yrPower · India31.8 Mt CO₂eNEW27Vietnam Electricity LLC= 5.9M cars/yrPower · Viet Nam27.1 Mt CO₂eNEW28Reliance Power Ltd= 8.1M cars/yrPower · India37.4 Mt CO₂eNEW30U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd= 6.5M cars/yrPower · India29.7 Mt CO₂eNEW31Shaanxi Qingshuichuan Energy Co Ltd= 4.5M cars/yrPower · China20.7 Mt CO₂eNEW32Tata Power Company Ltd= 4.6M cars/yrPower · India21.2 Mt CO₂eNEW34Damodar Valley Corp= 7.4M cars/yrPower · India34.2 Mt CO₂eNEW35Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand= 7.7M cars/yrPower · Thailand35.2 Mt CO₂eNEW37Korea Southern Power Co Ltd= 7.9M cars/yrPower · South Korea36.2 Mt CO₂eNEW38Electric Power Development Co Ltd= 8.2M cars/yrPower · Japan37.6 Mt CO₂eNEW39Korea Western Power Co Ltd= 8M cars/yrPower · South Korea37 Mt CO₂eNEW40Turkmenenergo= 7.2M cars/yrPower · Turkmenistan32.9 Mt CO₂eNEW41The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd= 5.6M cars/yrPower · India25.7 Mt CO₂eNEW43PT PLN (Persero)= 7M cars/yrPower · Indonesia32 Mt CO₂eNEW46Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd= 6.2M cars/yrPower · India28.3 Mt CO₂eNEW48Mosenergo PJSC= 6.9M cars/yrPower · Russia31.8 Mt CO₂eNEW49Formosa Petrochemical Corp= 6.8M cars/yrPower · Taiwan31.1 Mt CO₂eNEW50Saline Water Conversion Corp= 6.1M cars/yrPower · Saudi Arabia28.2 Mt CO₂eNEW51Société Algérienne de Production de l'Electricité SpA= 6.1M cars/yrPower · Algeria28.1 Mt CO₂eNEW52Malakoff Corporation Bhd= 6M cars/yrPower · Malaysia27.4 Mt CO₂eNEW53PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA= 7.9M cars/yrPower · Poland36.1 Mt CO₂eNEW55Korea East-West Power Co Ltd= 7.1M cars/yrPower · South Korea32.6 Mt CO₂eNEW57Alabama Power Co= 5.4M cars/yrPower · USA24.8 Mt CO₂eNEW58TNB Janamanjung Sdn Bhd= 5.7M cars/yrPower · Malaysia26.3 Mt CO₂eNEW60Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co= 5.4M cars/yrPower · Egypt25 Mt CO₂eNEW65Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corp Ltd= 5.2M cars/yrPower · India24.1 Mt CO₂eNEW66Korea Midland Power Co Ltd= 6.6M cars/yrPower · South Korea30.3 Mt CO₂eNEW67Korea South-East Power Co Ltd= 6.4M cars/yrPower · South Korea29.5 Mt CO₂eNEW68Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc= 6.3M cars/yrPower · Japan29 Mt CO₂eNEW75General Electricity Company of Libya= 5M cars/yrPower · Libya23.1 Mt CO₂eNEW76Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yrPower · India14.7 Mt CO₂eNEW77Zhejiang Zheneng Jiahua Power Generator Co Ltd= 4.9M cars/yrPower · China22.6 Mt CO₂eNEW78CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd= 4.9M cars/yrPower · China22.4 Mt CO₂eNEW79Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Co Ltd= 4.7M cars/yrPower · India21.6 Mt CO₂eNEW80Cairo Electricity Production Co= 4.4M cars/yrPower · Egypt20.2 Mt CO₂eNEW
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0