British Virgin Islands
VGBBritish Virgin Islands runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in the world.
0% of its electricity is low-carbon, 201th 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.
British Virgin Islands 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 British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands generates no hydro electricity at all, 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.
British Virgin Islands' electricity is dirtier than the world average.
647 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 41% above.
Figures are for 2023, the most recent year reported for British Virgin Islands. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.