ENERGY consumption per head of Jersey’s population decreased last year, according to a new report.
Statistics Jersey’s Energy Trends report for 2022 – published this week – shows that total energy consumption was 5% less than in 2021.
However, the 2021 figure was 6% more than in 2020 owing to a reduction in use during the pandemic.
Energy consumption per head of the resident population was 1.3 toe (tonne of oil equivalent) – which was lower than 1.4 toe in 2021 and lower than the UK at 1.9 toe.
Almost all of Jersey’s energy supply continued to be imported, with about 2% produced locally as electricity generated by the Energy Recovery Facility and Jersey Electricity solar panels.
The total primary energy supply – defined as the total energy a jurisdiction imports and produces from its own natural resources – was 139,055 toe (tonne of oil equivalent), 6% less than in 2021. This compares with 154,092 in 2019, 138,926 in 2020, and 147,572 in 2021.
Petroleum products accounted for about three-fifths of Jersey’s energy supply while electricity (imported and locally generated) accounted for the remainder. Of total energy used, just over a third (38%) was by households, a similar amount (35%) for transportation (predominantly road) and around a quarter (27%) by industry and government.
