Trinidad And Tobago Key Figures
- Population:
- 1.53 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 2.10 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 78.8 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 17.2 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 4.72%
* at purchasing power parity
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Trinidad And Tobago Total Energy Production & Consumption
The country ranks fifth worldwide in terms of per capita primary energy consumption (9.5 toe in 2023, i.e. around 7 times the average for Latin America and the Caribbean) and third for the final energy consumption (7.2 toe). Electricity consumption per capita is 5 860 kWh (2023, i.e. 2.5 times the average for Latin America and the Caribbean). This exceptionally high level of energy consumption per capita is explained by the existence of energy-intensive industries (ammonia, methanol, fertilizers, and aluminium).
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Trinidad And Tobago Oil Production & Consumption
Total oil production declined by 8% in 2023 to 3.3 Mt (half its 2010 level), after a rapid decrease from a peak at 8.5 Mt in 2006 (-61% or -5%/year). The rapid decrease is mainly explained by a faster than expected decline in the production of the Angostura field and by the rapid collapse in the production at Trinmar. In 2021, the Ruby offshore field (Block 3a) (68% BHP, 32% NGC) started producing. It should produce 16 kb/d of oil and 875 mcm/year of gas. Around 86% of the oil production is exported (2.8 Mt in 2023).
Source: Trinidad and Tobago energy report
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Trinidad And Tobago Natural Gas Production & Consumption
The marketed production of gas decreased by 4% in 2023 to 27 bcm and by 4.4% over the first 3 quarters of 2024 (according to preliminary estimates). It had dropped by 28% between 2019 and 2021. It had previously decreased by 22% between its peak in 2010 (44 bcm) and 2017 (34 bcm) and rebounded in 2018 and 2019. Before 2010, production had been increasing very rapidly (around 11%/year over 1990-2010).
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Trinidad And Tobago Renewable in % Electricity Production
Despite the need for diversification, a clear renewable policy has not yet been defined.
A Strategy for the Development of Wind Energy in Trinidad and Tobago was developed in 2023, identifying 9 onshore development zones and estimating the wind potential at 2.75 GW onshore and 32 GW offshore.
The government plans to issue requests for proposals for developing solar PV projects on designated non-used state lands, with a potential of up to 300 MW.
Source: Trinidad and Tobago energy report
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Trinidad And Tobago GHG emissions and CO2 emissions
In its NDC, the country aims to achieve a conditional reduction of 15% in GHG emissions by 2030 from a BAU case (reduction of 103 MtCO2eq); investments of US$2bn would be required to meet this objective, to be financed both through domestic funds and the international Green Climate Fund. Around 70% of this reduction should be achieved in industry (investments evaluated at US$320m), 28% in power generation (US$945m), and 2% in transport (2.6 MtCO2eq, US$735m).
Source: Trinidad and Tobago energy report
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