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Read NowAll-India grid · live
Dominant fuel Coal · as of 18 Jun, 20:30 IST
Why this matters for carbon markets
India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) both price the emissions embedded in production. The same tonne of steel, aluminium or hydrogen carries materially more embedded CO₂ when it is made while the grid is carbon-heavy than when it is clean. Right now the all-India grid is 29.0% more carbon-intensive than its 7-day average, at 799 gCO₂/kWh — a live signal for scheduling energy-intensive, trade-exposed production. We surface the live grid intensity from measured fuel mix; we do not quote credit prices.
All-India carbon intensity · trend
Generation-weighted national average, gCO₂/kWh · dashed guides mark the clean (≤400) and dirty (≥700) thresholds.
National fuel mix · latest hour
Generation share driving the live intensity number above.
State leaderboard · cleanest → carbon-heaviest
Latest hour, gCO₂/kWh. 36 states · CEA cea_co2_baseline_v18 factors.
| # | State | gCO₂/kWh | Class | Dominant fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 22 | Clean | Wind |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 24 | Clean | Hydro |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 24 | Clean | Hydro |
| 4 | Ladakh | 24 | Clean | Hydro |
| 5 | Meghalaya | 24 | Clean | Hydro |
| 6 | Sikkim | 24 | Clean | Hydro |
| 7 | Uttarakhand | 24 | Clean | Hydro |
| 8 | Mizoram | 36 | Clean | Hydro |
| 9 | Manipur | 149 | Clean | Hydro |
| 10 | Nagaland | 163 | Clean | Hydro |
| 11 | Assam | 359 | Clean | Hydro |
| 12 | Jammu And Kashmir | 366 | Clean | Imports |
| 13 | Tripura | 447 | Moderate | Gas |
| 14 | Delhi | 496 | Moderate | Gas |
| 15 | Goa | 528 | Moderate | Imports |
| 16 | Puducherry | 565 | Moderate | Imports |
| 17 | Chandigarh | 600 | Moderate | Imports |
| 18 | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 600 | Moderate | Imports |
| 19 | Rajasthan | 633 | Moderate | Coal |
| 20 | Karnataka | 649 | Moderate | Coal |
| 21 | Punjab | 674 | Moderate | Coal |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 726 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 23 | Madhya Pradesh | 739 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 24 | Uttar Pradesh | 773 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 25 | Bihar | 793 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 26 | Chhattisgarh | 793 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 27 | Jharkhand | 793 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 28 | Lakshadweep | 793 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 29 | Telangana | 797 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 30 | Odisha | 805 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 31 | Andhra Pradesh | 808 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 32 | Haryana | 809 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 33 | Tamil Nadu | 812 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 34 | West Bengal | 833 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 35 | Gujarat | 837 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
| 36 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 950 | Carbon-heavy | Coal |
