Turkmenistan
TKMTurkmenistan is first in the world for gas.
Gas supplies 100% of its electricity.
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.
Among the most carbon-heavy electricity anywhere.
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.
Turkmenistan generates a surplus and sells it on.
What this means
The share of what this country generates that is sold abroad rather than used at home. A country can only export if it produces more than it needs, which usually means plentiful hydro, nuclear or wind.
Almost everything this grid runs on comes from inside the country.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan sends abroad the equivalent of 37% of what it uses.
A net exporter, on the year's balance.
Turkmenistan runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in Asia.
0% of its electricity is low-carbon, 50th of 51.
Turkmenistan generates no coal electricity at all, in a region built on it.
45% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from coal.
Turkmenistan’s neighbours
UzbekistanUzbekistan has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
KazakhstanGas overtook hydro on Kazakhstan's grid in 2011.
IranIran gets next to none of its electricity from coal, in a region built on it.
AfghanistanAfghanistan generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan generates no coal electricity at all, in a region built on it.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Turkmenistan. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.