SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Economic Sustainability | Decarbonized Energy System | Share of Fossil Fuel-based Power Generation, Deviation from Target

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Definition:	Share of fossil fuel based electricity generation, deviation from zero carbon target. The indicator values denote the ratio of the slope of the trend of the past five years in relation to the slope of the trend required to meet the zero emission target by the year 2035.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Ratio
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	EMBER
Data for:
Annotation:	EMBER, Electricity Data Explorer URL: https://ember-energy.org/dat… extracted 2024/07/06.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	2.05
Minimum:	-0.99
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult). Calculation methodology is based on Velten, E.K, Schöberlein, P., Gilon, Th. and Hecke, J. (2024), Framework and methodology for progress measurement, assessing progress towards climate neutrality, https://climateobservatory.eu/sites/default/files/2024-07/ECNO_MethodologyPaper_Update-v1.pdf.

Top group

Score

Share of Fossil Fuel-based Power Generation, Deviation from Target

Finland

10.0

6.34

Latvia

10.0

2.97

Denmark

10.0

2.78

Portugal

9.1

1.73

Upper middle group

Netherlands

8.6

1.57

Norway

7.8

1.30

Slovakia

7.1

1.06

Belgium

7.0

1.03

New Zealand

6.7

0.92

Greece

6.6

0.90

Spain

6.6

0.89

Estonia

6.5

0.88

Austria

6.3

0.81

Slovenia

6.1

0.72

Hungary

6.0

0.71

Australia

6.0

0.69

Lower middle group

Sweden

5.7

0.59

Czechia

5.2

0.42

Poland

5.1

0.41

Ireland

5.0

0.35

4.9

0.33

Japan

4.8

0.31

Switzerland

4.8

0.30

Lithuania

4.6

0.23

Israel

4.6

0.22

Germany

4.4

0.17

USA

4.4

0.17

Italy

4.0

0.03

Canada

3.9

-0.02

Bottom group

France

2.8

-0.37

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