Dominican Republic
DOMCoal overtook gas on Dominican Republic's grid in 2022.
Today coal supplies 29% and gas 27%.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 4 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Dominican Republic generates almost exactly what it uses, with next to nothing crossing its borders.
What this means
Electricity can be sold across a border like anything else, through high-voltage lines connecting one country's grid to the next. Buying it in means leaning on a neighbour to keep the lights on. Selling it means generating more than the country needs.
Also true of Dominican Republic
Coal overtook oil on Dominican Republic's grid in 2020.
Today coal supplies 29% and oil 20%.
Dominican Republic is first in Latin America and the Caribbean for coal.
Coal supplies 29% of its electricity.
Dominican Republic has no dominant fuel at all.
Its largest single source supplies just 29% of the grid.
Dominican Republic’s neighbours
HaitiHaiti has about as many people as the United Arab Emirates, and 220 times less electricity to share between them.
Puerto RicoOil overtook gas on Puerto Rico's grid in 2020.
ArubaAruba is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
JamaicaGas overtook oil on Jamaica's grid in 2020.
BahamasThe Bahamas runs almost entirely on oil.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Dominican Republic. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.