This statistic displays the carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017. In 2017, emission reductions in electricity generation due to the increase of non-carbon generation since 2005 amounted to a decrease of about 325 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017, by source
(in million metric tons)
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IHS Markit, & Energy Futures Initiative, & Breakthrough Energy Coalition. (February 6, 2019). Carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017, by source (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/980641/carbon-dioxide-emission-reduction-electricity-generation-us/
IHS Markit, und Energy Futures Initiative, und Breakthrough Energy Coalition. "Carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017, by source (in million metric tons)." Chart. February 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/980641/carbon-dioxide-emission-reduction-electricity-generation-us/
IHS Markit, Energy Futures Initiative, Breakthrough Energy Coalition. (2019). Carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017, by source (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/980641/carbon-dioxide-emission-reduction-electricity-generation-us/
IHS Markit, and Energy Futures Initiative, and Breakthrough Energy Coalition. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions in Electricity Generation in The United States from 2006 to 2017, by Source (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/980641/carbon-dioxide-emission-reduction-electricity-generation-us/
IHS Markit & Energy Futures Initiative & Breakthrough Energy Coalition, Carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017, by source (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/980641/carbon-dioxide-emission-reduction-electricity-generation-us/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Carbon dioxide emissions reductions in electricity generation in the United States from 2006 to 2017, by source (in million metric tons) [Graph], IHS Markit, & Energy Futures Initiative, & Breakthrough Energy Coalition, February 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/980641/carbon-dioxide-emission-reduction-electricity-generation-us/
