Energy consumption in Papua New Guinea

The most important figure in the energy balance of Papua New Guinea is the total consumption of

3.24 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 325 kWh.

Papua New Guinea can completely be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is three bn kWh, also 108 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	Papua New Guinea per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	3.24 bn kWh	325.35 kWh	11,756.77 kWh
Production	3.48 bn kWh	349.87 kWh	12,338.29 kWh
60.4% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.In rural areas, the share was 56.8%
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Papua New Guinea per capita	USA per capita
Production	45,000.00 bbl	0.005 bbl	0.033 bbl
Import	22,220.00 bbl	0.002 bbl	0.024 bbl
Export	55,600.00 bbl	0.006 bbl	0.003 bbl
In 2018 there were still 183.80 m barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Papua New Guinea. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.6 tn billion barrels. Papua New Guinea therefore has a share of 0.011% and ranks 57th out of 98 countries with crude oil reserves.
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Papua New Guinea per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	99.11 m m³	9.96 m³	2,312.79 m³
Production	11.18 bn m³	1,123.68 m³	2,328.46 m³
Export	11.10 bn m³	1,115.64 m³	270.27 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Papua New Guinea per capita	USA per capita
total	7.58 m t	0.79 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 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 in Papua New Guinea	Percentage in Papua New Guinea	Percentage USA	per capita in Papua New Guinea	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	4.97 bn kWh	63,0 %	70,0 %	499.72 kWh	20,083.19 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,582.12 kWh
Water power	2.37 bn kWh	30,0 %	7,0 %	237.96 kWh	2,008.32 kWh
Renewable energy	552.43 m kWh	7,0 %	14,0 %	55.52 kWh	4,016.64 kWh
Total production capacity	7.89 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	793.20 kWh	28,690.27 kWh
Actual total production	3.48 bn kWh	44.1 %	43.0 %	349.87 kWh	12,338.29 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes 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 energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 53.1 percent of actual total consumption in Papua New Guinea. 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 2023. Increased in Europe and North America - Antarctic colder again.

Chinese - Worldwide distributionInternational distribution of mother tongue Chinese including regional allocations. Mainly in in China.