In 2022, Grenada’s electricity consumption was entirely supplied by fossil fuels, with no low-carbon electricity recorded. This complete dependence on fossil electricity leaves substantial scope for clean generation to reduce the climate-changing emissions and air pollution associated with fossil fuels.

Is Electricity Growing in Grenada?

Electricity consumption per person was not setting new records in 2022: it reached about 2,050 kWh, slightly below the 2019 peak of 2,070 kWh. The shortfall was 17 kWh per person, or less than 1%. This comparison does not establish whether total electricity consumption grew, but it shows that consumption per person remained below its previous high. Low-carbon generation was also stagnant at zero kWh per person, unchanged from the recorded benchmark in 1997. That lack of clean electricity growth is concerning as electrification and new uses increase future electricity needs.

Suggestions

Grenada can begin expanding clean electricity through rooftop and larger solar installations, supported by storage and grid improvements. Relevant island examples include the US state of Hawaii and Cyprus, where solar supplies about 23% of electricity, and Cape Verde, where solar and wind each supply about 14%. These places offer useful examples for developing both solar and wind generation in island settings. Grenada should also consider nuclear electricity within its long-term planning, including opportunities for regional cooperation and emerging smaller reactor designs. France, with roughly two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear, illustrates the substantial contribution nuclear can make to a low-carbon electricity supply.

History

No year-by-year historical changes in Grenada’s low-carbon electricity generation were supplied, so a detailed account by decade is not possible. The available benchmarks show zero low-carbon generation per person in both 1997 and 2022, with the latter matching the earlier record. These figures indicate no recorded progress between those benchmarks, although they do not reveal the intervening annual pattern. Building a growing clean electricity supply would mark an important departure from this stagnation.

Electricity Imports and Exports

Balance of Trade