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### Calculate the Carbon Intensity of the local energy grid

Carbon intensity is calculated as weighted average of emissions from different energy sources used to generate electricity.
Carbon intensity is calculated as weighted average of emissions from different energy sources used to generate electricity. Codecarbon attempts to retrieve carbon intensity based on location.

Codecarbon attempts to retrieve carbon intensity based on location.

When available, CodeCarbon uses global carbon intensity of electricity per cloud provider or per country.

When it doesn’t have the carbon intensity, but has the energy mix, it computes the carbon intensity

If it has neither, it uses a world average of `475 gCO2.eq/kWh `
1. When available, CodeCarbon uses global carbon intensity of electricity per cloud provider or per country.
2. When it doesn’t have the carbon intensity, but has the energy mix, it computes the carbon intensity
3. If it has neither, it uses a world average of `475 gCO2.eq/kWh `

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