Energy consumption in Turkmenistan

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

15.09 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 2,502 kWh.

Turkmenistan can provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 21 bn kWh, also 140% 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	Turkmenistan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	15.09 bn kWh	2,502.00 kWh	11,842.76 kWh
Production	21.18 bn kWh	3,511.75 kWh	12,428.52 kWh
Export	3.20 bn kWh	530.74 kWh	29.42 kWh
99.9% of the country's population (as of 2019) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Turkmenistan per capita	USA per capita
Production	244,000.00 bbl	0.040 bbl	0.033 bbl
Export	67,790.00 bbl	0.011 bbl	0.004 bbl
In 2018 there were still 600.00 m barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Turkmenistan. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1,620 bn billion barrels. Turkmenistan therefore has a share of 0.037% and ranks 42nd out of 98 countries with crude oil reserves.
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Turkmenistan per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	39.31 bn m³	6,517.79 m³	2,329.70 m³
Production	77.45 bn m³	12,841.58 m³	2,345.48 m³
Export	38.14 bn m³	6,323.80 m³	272.24 m³

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2018	Turkmenistan per capita	USA per capita
total	71.73 m t	12.26 t	15.12 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1992 to 2018 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 Turkmenistan	percentage in Turkmenistan	percentage USA	per capita in Turkmenistan	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	35.05 bn kWh	100,0 %	70,0 %	5,811.25 kWh	20,230.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,601.01 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,023.01 kWh
Renewable energy	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	14,0 %	0.00 kWh	4,046.01 kWh
Total production capacity	35.05 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	5,811.25 kWh	28,900.09 kWh
Actual total production	21.18 bn kWh	60.4 %	43.0 %	3,511.75 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 2018, renewable energies accounted for around 0.1 percent of actual total consumption in Turkmenistan. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2018:

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