ENERGY consumption in Jersey decreased slightly last year, according to a new report.
Statistics Jersey’s Energy Trends report for 2023 – published this week – also showed that almost all of the Island’s energy supply continued to be imported.
While the vast majority comes from France, 3% is produced by the Energy Recovery Facility and Jersey Electricity solar panels.
The report highlighted that energy consumption per head of population was down by 2% compared to 2022.
The total energy supply – defined as the total energy a jurisdiction imports and produces from its own natural resources – was 137,033 toe (tonne of oil equivalent), 1% less than the previous year at 139,055 toe.
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, nearly two-fifths (39%) was by households, a third (34%) for transportation (predominantly road) and just over a quarter (27%) by industry and government.
