Energy consumption in Jordan

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

16.82 bn kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 1,665 kWh.

Jordan could provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 19 bn kWh, which is 111% of the countries own usage. Despite this, Jordan 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	Jordan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	16.82 bn kWh	1,665.07 kWh	11,887.66 kWh
Production	18.60 bn kWh	1,841.28 kWh	12,475.65 kWh
Import	334.00 m kWh	33.06 kWh	221.55 kWh
Export	50.00 m kWh	4.95 kWh	29.54 kWh
Crude Oil	Barrel	Jordan per capita	USA per capita
Production	22.00 bbl	0.000 bbl	0.033 bbl
Import	67,980.00 bbl	0.007 bbl	0.024 bbl
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Jordan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	5.24 bn m³	518.53 m³	2,338.54 m³
Production	121.80 m m³	12.06 m³	2,354.38 m³
Import	6.46 bn m³	639.10 m³	262.46 m³
Export	1.36 bn m³	134.53 m³	273.28 m³

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2016	Jordan per capita	USA per capita
total	25.11 m t	2.63 t	0.33 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	14.87 m t	1.56 t	0.14 t
› of which natural gas	6.99 m t	0.73 t	0.10 t
› of which coal	854,411.00 t	0.09 t	0.09 t
› other sources	2.39 m t	0.25 t	0.00 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1979 to 2016 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 Jordan	percentage in Jordan	percentage USA	per capita in Jordan	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	36.31 bn kWh	87,0 %	70,0 %	3,594.19 kWh	20,306.77 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,610.87 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,030.68 kWh
Renewable energy	5.01 bn kWh	12,0 %	14,0 %	495.75 kWh	4,061.35 kWh
Other energy sources	417.33 m kWh	1,0 %	0,0 %	41.31 kWh	0.00 kWh
Total production capacity	41.73 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	4,131.25 kWh	29,009.67 kWh
Actual total production	18.60 bn kWh	44.6 %	43.0 %	1,841.28 kWh	12,475.65 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 3.2 percent of actual total consumption in Jordan. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2015: