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🇳🇿 Electricity Generation of New Zealand

The electricity generated in New Zealand has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in New Zealand reach 43.42 TWh. Whereof 55.23% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Hydro. A renewable resource with little damage on the environment.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in New Zealand increased by 0.56%
  • In total, New Zealand generated 43.42 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in New Zealand grew with 0.24 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 13.64% in New Zealand
  • In 2021, New Zealand produced 0.15609793977323% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of New Zealand (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, New Zealand's electricity generation has increased from 38.21 TWh to 43.42 TWh, a 13.64% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 38.21 % %
2001 38.34 0.13% 0.34%
2002 39.46 1.12% 2.92%
2003 39.53 0.07% 0.18%
2004 41.53 2.0% 5.06%
2005 41.52 -0.01% -0.02%
2006 42.08 0.56% 1.35%
2007 42.41 0.33% 0.78%
2008 42.39 -0.02% -0.05%
2009 42.17 -0.22% -0.52%
2010 43.57 1.4% 3.32%
2011 43.27 -0.3% -0.69%
2012 43.15 -0.12% -0.28%
2013 42.36 -0.79% -1.83%
2014 42.65 0.29% 0.68%
2015 43.34 0.69% 1.62%
2016 42.92 -0.42% -0.97%
2017 43.32 0.4% 0.93%
2018 43.43 0.11% 0.25%
2019 43.82 0.39% 0.9%
2020 43.18 -0.64% -1.46%
2021 43.42 0.24% 0.56%

New Zealand's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Hydro was the largest generator of electrical energy in New Zealand with 55.23% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Hydro 55.23%
Other Renewables 18.01%
Gas 14.14%
Wind 6.03%
Coal 3.92%
Other Fossil 1.22%
Bioenergy 0.99%
Solar 0.46%
Nuclear 0.0%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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