Energy consumption in Mozambique

The most important measure in the energy balance of Mozambique is the total consumption of

13.86 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 481 kWh.

Mozambique could provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 20 bn kWh, which is 141% of the countries own usage. Despite this, Mozambique 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	Mozambique per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	13.86 bn kWh	480.76 kWh	5,412.25 kWh
Production	19.58 bn kWh	679.17 kWh	5,831.12 kWh
Import	10.55 bn kWh	365.94 kWh	731.24 kWh
Export	12.88 bn kWh	446.76 kWh	719.23 kWh
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Mozambique per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	2.73 bn m³	94.56 m³	1,164.59 m³
Production	5.70 bn m³	197.54 m³	445.87 m³
Export	3.80 bn m³	131.81 m³	388.47 m³

Carbon footprint

	total	Mozambique per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
CO2 emissions in 2014	8.43 m t	0.29 t	5.40 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2014 in million tons

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 Mozambique	percentage in Mozambique	percentage in Europe	per capita in Mozambique	per capita in Europe
Fossil fuels	3.13 bn kWh	14,0 %	48,9 %	108.73 kWh	7,994.86 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,2 %	0.00 kWh	1,185.87 kWh
Water power	19.17 bn kWh	85,6 %	23,4 %	664.82 kWh	3,829.91 kWh
Renewable energy	111.95 m kWh	0,5 %	16,2 %	3.88 kWh	2,655.34 kWh
Total production capacity	22.39 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	776.66 kWh	16,362.15 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 2015, renewable energies accounted for around 86.4 percent of actual total consumption .inCountry().. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2015: