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.