East Timor
TLSEast Timor runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in the world.
0% of its electricity is low-carbon, 200th of 201.
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.
East Timor 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 East Timor
East Timor generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
65% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from gas.
East Timor has about as many people as Bahrain, and 65 times less electricity to share between them.
1.4 million people against 1.6 million, but 364 kWh per person a year against 23,615.
East Timor's electricity is dirtier than the world average.
667 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 45% above.
East Timor’s neighbours
IndonesiaIndonesia is second in Asia for bioenergy.
AustraliaAustralia is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
BruneiBrunei runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in Asia.
MalaysiaCoal overtook gas on Malaysia's grid in 2016.
PhilippinesThe Philippines is first in Asia for geothermal.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for East Timor. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.