Natural gas and oil on the Cayman Islands

Energy consumption on the Cayman Islands

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

655.17 million kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 9,616 kWh.

The Cayman Islands can completely be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 695 m kWh, also 106 percent of own requirements. The rest of the domestically produced energy is either exported into other countries or unused. Along with pure consumption, 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	USA per capita
Own consumption	655.17 m kWh	9,615.55 kWh	11,744.38 kWh
Production	695.17 m kWh	10,202.61 kWh	12,198.66 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2016	Cayman Islands per capita	USA per capita
total	546,383.00 t	8.78 t	14.75 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	808.00 m t	12,978.88 t	6.41 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1960 to 2016 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 can only be obtained 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 under 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 USA	per capita on the Cayman Islands	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	1.49 bn kWh	97,6 %	59,9 %	21,833.66 kWh	2.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	19,5 %	0.00 kWh	0.67 kWh
Solar energy	36.58 m kWh	2,4 %	3,2 %	536.89 kWh	0.11 kWh
Wind power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	8,3 %	0.00 kWh	0.29 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.24 kWh
Tidal Power Plants	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.00 kWh
Geothermics	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,4 %	0.00 kWh	0.01 kWh
Biomass	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	1,7 %	0.00 kWh	0.06 kWh

Greenhouse gases emissions by countryMethane and CO₂ are the main greenhouse gases. This list names the biggest polluters by country.

Global warming by continentsAvg. temperatures from 1950 to 2023. Increased in Europe and North America - Antarctic colder again.

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