Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico has few conventional energy resources, and shipped in petroleum products are the dominant energy source for the island.
In 2011, 68 percent of Puerto Rico’s electricity came from petroleum, 16 percent from natural gas, 15 percent from coal, and 1 percent from hydroelectric power.
In 2010, Puerto Rico was fifth among U.S. States and Territories in installations of solar thermal hot water heaters; two wind facilities that began operations in 2012, the Santa Isabel and Punta da Lima plants, can supply up to 120 megawatts of capacity; and up to 30 billion kilowatthours per year of electricity could potentially be generated by tapping ocean wave energy.
Puerto Rico offers tax benefits to encourage installation of solar equipment and allows net metering, meaning that residents can sell power from home solar panels to the grid.
Puerto Rico has adopted a Renewable Portfolio Standard requiring 20 percent of net electricity sales to come from renewable energy resources by 2035.

Analysis Last Updated: July 2012

Overview data for Puerto Rico

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Puerto Rico	Central & South America	OECD	World	Rank	Puerto Rico
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.85	7,857	21,620	87,329	109	0.67
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	6,689	14,908	74,136	93	0.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	152.00	6,915	46,501	87,605	65	NA
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-151.15	943	-24,882	--	35	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	73	6,582	45,873	88,097	81	73
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	237	224	1,474	90	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Puerto Rico	Central & South America	World	Rank		Puerto Rico
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	5,517	111,954	89		0
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	27	5,106	113,321	92		26
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-27	415	--	53		-26
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA	267	6,637	91		NA
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Puerto Rico	Central & South America	World	Rank		Puerto Rico
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	92	7,954	68		0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.653	47	7,770	59		1.653
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-1.653	46	--	35		-1.653
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Puerto Rico	Central & South America	World	Rank		Puerto Rico
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	20.71	1,044	19,071	67		20.89
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	19.26	878	17,360	67		19.43
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.57	253	4,843	72		5.57
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	Puerto Rico	Central & South America	World	Rank		Puerto Rico
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.002	29	487	154		0.001
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.394	25	488	78		0.440
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4,459	5,882	7,461	122		5,078
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Puerto Rico	Central & South America	World	Rank		Puerto Rico
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	32.35	1,288	31,502	74		28.53