Suriname
SURHydro overtook oil on Suriname's grid in 2023.
Today hydro supplies 52% and oil 46%.
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 6 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.
Suriname 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 Suriname
Suriname's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
322 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 30% below.
Suriname has taken the carbon out of its electricity fast.
467 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour in 2014, 322 in 2024.
Suriname’s neighbours
GuyanaGuyana runs almost entirely on oil.
BrazilBrazil is first in Latin America and the Caribbean for how much electricity it makes.
FranceFrance is first in the world for nuclear.
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago runs almost entirely on gas.
BarbadosBarbados generates no hydro electricity at all, in a region built on it.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Suriname. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.