# How much CO2 did India's power sector emit in FY 2025-26?

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About 1,189 million tonnes of CO2 from grid electricity generation in FY 2025-26, by CEA's database version 22.0. That is down from about 1,236 million tonnes in FY 2024-25, the first fall since FY 2020-21, while net generation including renewables rose to 1,761 BU.

## Total emissions, million tonnes CO2

- FY 2021-22: 1,002.42
- FY 2022-23: 1,108.11
- FY 2023-24: 1,203.36
- FY 2024-25: 1,235.96
- FY 2025-26: 1,189.04

## What drove the fall

- Gross thermal generation fell from 1,363,890 MU to 1,306,951 MU.
- Renewable generation rose from 255,009 MU to 310,585 MU.
- Hydro rose from 148,634 MU to 167,166 MU.

## Boundary

From FY 2022-23 the totals cover electricity injected into the grid, including grid-connected captive plants. CEA's annexure table shows 1,189.29 for FY 2025-26 against 1,189.04 in its main results table; the difference is small and both round to about 1,189.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads electricity bills into dated kWh records per meter and site, so whichever CEA factor and version you apply, each Scope 2 figure traces back to the bill and the factor behind it.

- [Grid factor trend since 2014](https://senseible.earth/answers/india-grid-emission-factor-trend-since-2014)
- [Renewable share of generation](https://senseible.earth/answers/renewable-share-of-india-grid-generation)

Sources: [CEA, CO2 Baseline Database for the Indian Power Sector, User Guide and database, Version 22.0 (August 2026)](https://cea.nic.in/cdm-co2-baseline-view?mappingId=234&lang=en)

Last reviewed 2026-10-23.