Energy consumption in Mozambique

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

11.57 bn kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 370 kWh.

Mozambique could provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 18 bn kWh, which is 159% 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	USA per capita
Own consumption	11.57 bn kWh	370.18 kWh	11,842.76 kWh
Production	18.39 bn kWh	588.38 kWh	12,428.52 kWh
Import	9.93 bn kWh	317.64 kWh	220.71 kWh
Export	12.88 bn kWh	412.09 kWh	29.42 kWh
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Mozambique per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	1.84 bn m³	58.90 m³	2,329.70 m³
Production	6.00 bn m³	192.06 m³	2,345.48 m³
Export	4.16 bn m³	133.16 m³	272.24 m³

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2018	Mozambique per capita	USA per capita
total	6.64 m t	0.23 t	15.12 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1979 to 2018 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 USA	per capita in Mozambique	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	3.68 bn kWh	16,0 %	70,0 %	117.76 kWh	20,230.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,601.01 kWh
Water power	19.09 bn kWh	83,0 %	7,0 %	610.87 kWh	2,023.01 kWh
Renewable energy	230.04 m kWh	1,0 %	14,0 %	7.36 kWh	4,046.01 kWh
Total production capacity	23.00 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	735.99 kWh	28,900.09 kWh
Actual total production	18.39 bn kWh	79.9 %	43.0 %	588.38 kWh	12,428.52 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 in Mozambique. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2015: