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Bonaire’s Electricity–Nearly 1/3 is Sustainable

by | Oct 24, 2019 | Local News

A windmill in the Bonaire windpark by Morotin.

In 2018, the Dutch Caribbean islands (Bonaire along with sister islands St. Eustatius, and Saba) produced 136 million kWh of electricity.

Of this amount, 45.1 million kWh came from renewable sources, equivalent to 33 percent of total electricity production. Production levels on the three islands were just as high as in 2017, but a larger part has been produced sustainably. This is evident from new figures on electricity production in the Caribbean Netherlands.

Bonaire’s electricity is mainly wind energy, with some solar, and the balance fossil-fuel-based.

Electricity production on Bonaire amounted to 113.1 million kWh in 2018. Of that amount, 37.1 million kWh (32.8 percent) was generated in a sustainable way with 99% of renewable electricity coming from wind turbines and 1% being generated by solar panels. In 2014, the share of renewable electricity was at 42.3 percent, but it seems to have stabilized around 30% since that time.

(Source:  Rijksdienst CN)

 

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