Natural gas and oil in the Republic of the Congo

Energy consumption in the Republic of the Congo

The most important figure in the energy balance of the Republic of the Congo is the total consumption of

912.00 million kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 161 kWh.

The Republic of the Congo could provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is two bn kWh, which is 186% of the countries own usage. Despite this, the Republic of the Congo is trading energy with foreign countries. Along with pure consumptions the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Congo per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	912.00 m kWh	161.22 kWh	11,756.77 kWh
Production	1.70 bn kWh	299.80 kWh	12,338.29 kWh
Import	18.00 m kWh	3.18 kWh	219.11 kWh
Export	22.00 m kWh	3.89 kWh	29.21 kWh
49.5% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.In rural areas, the share was 14.8%
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Congo per capita	USA per capita
Production	340,000.00 bbl	0.060 bbl	0.033 bbl
Export	254,100.00 bbl	0.045 bbl	0.003 bbl
In 2018 there were still 1.60 bn barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of the Congo. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1,620 bn billion barrels. The Congo therefore has a share of 0.099% and ranks 37th out of 98 countries with crude oil reserves.
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Congo per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	1.39 bn m³	245.18 m³	2,312.79 m³
Production	1.39 bn m³	245.18 m³	2,328.46 m³

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2019	Congo per capita	USA per capita
total	7.26 m t	1.35 t	14.67 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1960 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO2 equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which could only be obtainable under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient unter clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in the Republic of the Congo	Percentage in the Republic of the Congo	Percentage USA	per capita in the Republic of the Congo	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	3.32 bn kWh	64,0 %	70,0 %	586.21 kWh	20,083.19 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,582.12 kWh
Water power	1.87 bn kWh	36,0 %	7,0 %	329.74 kWh	2,008.32 kWh
Renewable energy	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	14,0 %	0.00 kWh	4,016.64 kWh
Total production capacity	5.18 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	915.95 kWh	28,690.27 kWh
Actual total production	1.70 bn kWh	32.7 %	43.0 %	299.80 kWh	12,338.29 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energies include wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energies from hydropower are displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energies accounted for around 68.7 percent of actual total consumption in the Congo. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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