Energy consumption on the Cook Islands

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

31.62 m kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 3,797 kWh.

The Cook Islands can provide themselves completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 34 m kWh, also 108% 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	Cook Islands per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	31.62 m kWh	3,797.29 kWh	11,887.66 kWh
Production	34.00 m kWh	4,083.10 kWh	12,475.65 kWh

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions	Cook Islands per capita	USA per capita
total	88,810.00 t	10.67 t	15.25 t

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 Cook Islands	percentage on the Cook Islands	percentage USA	per capita on the Cook Islands	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	96.89 m kWh	79,0 %	70,0 %	11,635.11 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	25.75 m kWh	21,0 %	14,0 %	3,092.88 kWh	4,061.35 kWh
Total production capacity	122.64 m kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	14,727.99 kWh	29,009.67 kWh
Actual total production	34.00 m kWh	27.7 %	43.0 %	4,083.10 kWh	12,475.65 kWh