Guadeloupe
GLPGuadeloupe gets next to none of its electricity from hydro, in a region built on it.
52% of grids in Latin America and the Caribbean draw more than a tenth of their power from hydro.
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.
Guadeloupe 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 Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe's electricity is about as carbon-heavy as the world's.
497 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour, against a world figure of 458.
Guadeloupe has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
Low-carbon electricity went from 22% to 35% in 5 years.
Bioenergy overtook solar on Guadeloupe's grid in 2021.
Today bioenergy supplies 16% and solar 7%.
Figures are for 2023, the most recent year reported for Guadeloupe. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.