Energy consumption in Uruguay

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

10.77 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 3,090 kWh.
Uruguay could provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 13 bn kWh, which is 122% of the countries own usage. Despite this, Uruguay 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	Uruguay per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	10.77 bn kWh	3,090.25 kWh	11,756.77 kWh
Production	13.13 bn kWh	3,767.41 kWh	12,338.29 kWh
Import	24.00 m kWh	6.89 kWh	219.11 kWh
Export	1.32 bn kWh	379.04 kWh	29.21 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2019	Uruguay per capita	USA per capita
total	6.49 m t	1.87 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 Uruguay	Percentage in Uruguay	Percentage USA	per capita in Uruguay	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	12.21 bn kWh	29,0 %	70,0 %	3,504.65 kWh	20,083.19 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,582.12 kWh
Water power	12.21 bn kWh	29,0 %	7,0 %	3,504.65 kWh	2,008.32 kWh
Renewable energy	17.69 bn kWh	42,0 %	14,0 %	5,075.70 kWh	4,016.64 kWh
Total production capacity	42.12 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	12,085.01 kWh	28,690.27 kWh
Actual total production	13.13 bn kWh	31.2 %	43.0 %	3,767.41 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 60.8 percent of actual total consumption in Uruguay. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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 2022. Increased in Europe and North America - Antarctic colder again.

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