Pakistan: the share of power from clean sources rose from 36% to 52%, but coal’s share rose too, from 0.2% to 15%
From 2013 to 2023 what shrank was gas, oil and other fuels: from 63% to 33% of generation. Each kilowatt-hour became 16% cleaner; generation went from 105 TWh to 148 TWh, and total power-plant emissions rose by 18%.
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The shares of power from clean sources and from coal rose together, at the expense of gas, oil and other fuels. Each kWh also became cleaner; total emissions also depend on how much electricity is generated.
One percentage scale relative to 2013: 0% is the starting value, +100% is a doubling, −50% is a halving. Lines show the yearly path; on a short screen, bars show the change to 2023. Equal distances mean equal relative changes. For shares, this is relative change, not percentage points. Gaps are not filled; original values and units are below.
- Low-carbon share of electricity % of generation
36.384 (2013) → 51.902 (2023)
- Wind and solar share of electricity % of generation
0.515 (2013) → 10.405 (2023)
- Coal share of electricity % of generation
0.153 (2013) → 15.053 (2023)
- Carbon intensity of electricity g CO2e per kWh
436.117 (2013) → 365.306 (2023)
- Electricity generation TWh per year
104.88 (2013) → 148.01 (2023)
- Electricity generation emissions Mt CO2e per year
45.74 (2013) → 54.069 (2023)
Start: 2013; end: the latest shared year of six series up to 2023 (2023). Shares, emissions per kWh, generation and total emissions are separate values in the same Ember publication. Only power systems of at least 10 TWh a year. No expected baseline is fitted.
Clean sources are nuclear, hydro, wind, solar and other plants burning no coal, gas or oil; wind and solar are part of that share. Emissions cover power plants only, not the whole economy, in CO₂ equivalent.
A question for this picture
What are clean sources and coal displacing at the same time?