Primary Electricity Data Sources & Attribution
Global electricity generation and emissions series come from Ember Yearly Electricity Data (CC BY 4.0), and U.S. state series come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
| Dataset Release | Coverage | License & Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Ember Yearly Electricity Data (Global Release) | 2000-2025 country-level electricity generation (TWh & %), installed capacity (GW), per-capita demand (kWh), and power-sector emissions intensity (gCO2/kWh). | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Official Dataset Portal ↗ |
| U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) & Ember U.S. State Electricity Data | 2001-2025 state-level electricity generation by fuel source (GWh/TWh & %) and power-sector CO2 emissions across all 50 U.S. states and D.C. | U.S. Government Public Domain (17 U.S.C. 105) / CC BY 4.0 Official Dataset Portal ↗ |
| TradingView Lightweight Charts™ (Charting Engine) | HTML5 canvas library used to render interactive 2000-2025 generation and fuel-share trajectories. | Apache License, Version 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) Official Dataset Portal ↗ |
8 Global Generation Series Summary
2025 Output: 6,896.35 TWh
World Share: 21.7%
#1: United States (26.2%)
2025 Output: 704.94 TWh
World Share: 2.2%
#1: China (29.3%)
2025 Output: 13,529.45 TWh
World Share: 42.6%
#1: China (32.5%)