Aruba energy mix & electricity

Power plants in Aruba produced 1 TWh of electricity in 2024. That is similar to Benin. The supply is almost entirely oil, which accounted for 83% of generation; wind power made up most of the remainder (14%).

Renewables supplied 17% of the electricity, which ranks Aruba 116th of 158 countries. This puts it 17 points below the world average of 33.8%. It is also below the average for North America (28.8%). The carbon intensity of electricity is 550 g CO₂e/kWh; the global average is 458 g/kWh. The grid is more carbon-intensive than the world average. On carbon intensity, Aruba ranks 112th of 158 from the cleanest.

The decade’s big winner is oil, up 50 GWh between 2014 and 2024 (plus 0 percentage points of the mix). Measured by share of the mix, solar power gained most, up 1.9 percentage points. Overall, the renewable share has barely moved over ten years (a change of under one percentage point).

Coal has never been part of the power mix in Aruba in any meaningful way.

Wind and solar together provided 17% of electricity (solar 3%, wind 14%), compared with 17.3% worldwide. Per person, that is 278 kWh of solar electricity a year, versus a global average of 338 kWh. Wind adds 1,295 kWh per person, the 13th-highest figure of 156 countries. Solar first passed 1% of the mix in 2014.

Aruba generates 9,253 kWh of electricity per resident each year, 2.4 times the global average. Aruba does not trade electricity with other countries: the grid is not interconnected with any neighbour.