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CO2 (Carbon Units) emitted per kWh of grid electricity consumed

(National grid figures are average taken across all forms of electricity sources
e.g. coal, gas and oil fired power stations, nuclear power, hydroelectricity etc.)

 
Country
Kgs of CO2
per kWh
Information Source
     

Australia (average accross all Territories)

0.92 kg(avg.) Austalian Government - DCC (2008)
New South Wales & Australian Capital 1.06 kg  
Victoria 1.31 kg
Queensland 1.04 kg
South Australia 0.98 kg  
Western Australia 0.98 kg  
Tasmania 0.13 kg  
     
Canada (average accross all Territories) 0.220 kg (avg.) Canadian Government - EC (2005)
Newfoundland & Labrador 0.031 kg
Prince Edward Island 0.253 kg
Nova Scotia 0.771 kg
New Brunswick 0.394 kg
Quebec 0.0091 kg
Ontario 0.220 kg
Manitoba 0.014 kg
Saskatchewan 0.822 kg
Alberta 0.822 kg  
British Columbia 0.017 kg
Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut 0.03 kg
     
European Union (average all member States) 0.37 kg (avg.) GHG Protocol (2004) - unless otherwise stated
Austria 0.221 kg
Belgium 0.281 kg
Cyprus 0.680 kg
Czech Republik 0.502 kg
Denmark 0.308 kg
Estonia 0.701 kg
Finland 0.261 kg
France 0.087 kg
Germany 0.453 kg
Greece 0.781 kg
Hungary 0.401 kg
Ireland 0.573 kg
Italy 0.455 kg
Latvia 0.167 kg
Lithuania 0.113 kg
Luxembourg 0.330 kg
Nederlands 0.467 kg
Norway 0.007 kg
Poland 0.665 kg
Portugal 0.414 kg
Slovak Republik 0.256 kg
Slovenia 0.367 kg
Spain 0.383 kg
Sweden 0.051 kg
Switzerland 0.023 kg
United Kingdom 0.537 kg UK Government - DEFRA (2008)
     
USA (average all States) 0.608 kg (avg.) (1.341 lbs/kWh) US Government - EIA (2000)
Pacific Noncontiguous Division: Alaska, Hawaii 0.631 kg
(1.393 lbs)
 
Pacific Contiguous Division: Washington, Oregon, California 0.197 kg
(0.435 lbs)
 
Mountain Division: Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico 0.699 kg
(1.542 lbs)
 
West North Central Division: North Dakota, South dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri 0.791 kg
(1.746 lbs)
 
West South Central Division: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana 0.693 kg
(1.529 lbs)
 
East North Central Division: Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio 0.717 kg
(1.579 lbs)
East South Central Division: Kentuky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama 0.666 kg
(1.470 lbs)
 
Middle Atlantic Division: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey 0.478 kg
(1.058 lbs)
New England Division: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Masachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, 0.488 kg
(1.077 lbs)
 
South Atlantic Division: West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, DC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida 0.608 kg
(1.342 lbs)
 
 
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