Table 5. Trends in electricity emission factor according to energy mix in Korea (2001-2035)

Years Hydro Steam CHP Nuclear Renewables Clean hydrogen Etc Loss rate (%) Carbon intensity (kgCO2/kWh)
Pumping Hydro Coal Oil LNG
2001 1,820,814 2,329,939 112,257,472 21,947,278 1,556,930 29,032,971 112,133,032 0 0 0 4.50 0.6662
2002 2,078,269 3,232,777 119,665,213 17,846,086 1,771,207 38,336,951 119,102,904 0 0 0 4.48 0.6536
2003 2,001,406 4,885,577 121,931,426 17,033,990 1,674,183 40,374,646 129,671,762 0 0 0 4.43 0.6308
2004 1,550,355 4,311,080 128,547,386 16,490,902 733,317 59,004,479 130,714,815 350,183 0 0 4.46 0.6347
2005 1,515,588 3,673,300 134,891,722 16,104,447 786,366 60,215,442 146,779,022 404,100 0 0 4.51 0.6183
2006 1,751,083 3,467,538 140,345,973 14,984,083 1,258,155 69,735,073 148,748,887 511,223 0 0 4.02 0.6187
2007 1,410,813 3,631,649 155,684,636 16,281,093 2,027,701 79,490,558 142,937,163 830,824 0 0 3.99 0.6510
2008 2,492,539 3,070,111 174,156,029 8,484,271 1,517,763 79,573,774 150,957,935 1,373,424 0 0 4.01 0.6570
2009 2,827,991 2,813,171 193,803,290 12,667,052 761,682 70,313,007 147,770,806 1,790,608 0 0 4.07 0.6967
2010 2,789,934 3,681,969 198,287,359 11,605,066 2,287,541 102,092,371 148,595,711 4,478,057 0 0 4.00 0.6847
2011 3,232,985 4,597,667 199,515,847 10,276,871 2,232,618 113,908,450 154,723,106 7,592,387 0 0 3.69 0.6667
2012 3,683,262 3,969,039 199,329,719 14,305,490 3,452,866 123,794,670 150,327,293 8,617,868 0 0 3.57 0.6732
2013 4,104,661 4,289,268 201,118,833 14,681,469 3,525,889 138,803,180 138,783,973 10,159,658 0 0 3.73 0.6858
2014 5,068,129 2,751,418 203,765,391 7,494,267 568,123 130,659,560 156,406,511 14,695,690 0 0 3.69 0.6580
2015 3,650,320 2,145,719 207,333,695 9,465,170 222,471 122,617,096 164,762,415 17,317,948 0 0 3.60 0.6518
2016 3,787,310 2,846,262 209,200,166 13,627,966 368,541 129,459,414 161,995,104 18,935,660 0 0 3.59 0.6573
2017 4,186,353 2,808,821 231,886,590 5,738,115 220,183 135,813,455 148,426,725 24,145,361 0 0 3.57 0.6844
2018 3,911,035 3,359,418 231,653,039 6,373,700 0 163,868,529 133,505,261 27,176,674 0 0 3.56 0.6912
2019 3,458,385 2,788,679 219,075,950 2,421,389 0 156,346,907 145,909,669 30,526,256 0 1,366,662 3.54 0.6576
2020 3,271,019 3,877,230 187,335,442 1,908,617 586,627 157,326,509 160,183,721 31,056,508 0 4,940,046 3.54 0.5998
2021 3,682,932 3,054,502 188,904,590 1,984,550 1,176,921 178,684,044 158,015,230 39,101,556 0 1,181,224 3.53 0.6002
2022 3,715,049 3,541,179 186,747,556 921,839 1,377,345 173,154,543 176,054,012 47,266,256 0 1,171,543 3.53 0.5726
2023 3,783,877 3,716,438 179,264,485 389,789 878,108 166,760,505 180,494,096 50,455,722 0 1,172,535 3.53 0.5568
2024 4,677,237 4,300,313 161,740,312 328,606 586,426 176,113,660 188,754,102 56,537,104 0 1,228,578 3.52 0.5238
2030 9,200,000 110,500,000 161,000,000 204,200,000 130,400,000 15,500,000 11,800,000 3.52 0.3871
2035 13,400,000 88,900,000 101,100,000 236,000,000 190,800,000 32,800,000 28,500,000 3.52 0.3176
1) CHP means combined heat and power plant, and Etc refers to waste-derived energy.