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by lowtechmagazine 2338 days ago
The carbon intensity of the national grid is calculated as follows: carbon emissions of burning coal and gas in power plants (say 600 g/kWh) + carbon emissions of wind turbines, solar panels and the like (0 g/kWh). Embodied energy is not taken into account.
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Is it particular to spain ?
No, it's not just Spain. I only looked at European power grids, but their carbon intensity is all calculated in the same way.
I'm pretty sure these numbers are LCAs : https://www.electricitymap.org/?page=country&solar=false&rem...

Hydro, nuclear, wind turbines would all be 0g/kWh if it was only about fuel.