Energy consumption on the Cayman Islands

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

612.00 million kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 9,423 kWh.

The Cayman Islands can provide themselves completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 650 m kWh, also 106% of own requirements. The rest of the self-produced energy is either exported into other countries or unused. 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	Cayman Islands per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	612.00 m kWh	9,422.92 kWh	5,511.05 kWh
Production	650.00 m kWh	10,008.01 kWh	5,925.27 kWh

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2016	Cayman Islands per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
total	546,383.00 t	8.73 t	6.47 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	546,383.00 t	8.73 t	2.74 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1979 to 2016 in million tons

Carbon footprint Cayman Islands

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 on the Cayman Islands	percentage on the Cayman Islands	percentage in Europe	per capita on the Cayman Islands	per capita in Europe
Fossil fuels	1.16 bn kWh	100,0 %	49,2 %	17,803.78 kWh	8,115.37 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,0 %	0.00 kWh	1,154.29 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	24,1 %	0.00 kWh	3,977.20 kWh
Renewable energy	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	19,7 %	0.00 kWh	3,274.42 kWh
Total production capacity	1.16 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	17,803.78 kWh	16,489.87 kWh