Commercial use accounted for the biggest share of electricity consumption in Hong Kong, consuming over 29 terawatt hours in total in 2023.
Electricity
In the last decade, electricity generation in Hong Kong has remained around the level of 35 to 40 TWh per year. Meanwhile, there has been a rise in the volume of electricity imported since 2008, along with a gradual decrease in import volume of coal products as Hong Kong also strives to cut down reliance on fossil fuel. Electricity covered for almost half of the final energy requirement in Hong Kong, whereas the other half consisted mostly of oil products.
Energy mix
As a metropolitan city with a population of over seven million, Hong Kong does not have any natural fossil fuel resources of its own. To meet the growing energy demand, Hong Kong relies mainly on imported oil and gas, and some electricity from mainland China. For instance, a minimum of two million metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas were imported to Hong Kong every year on average in the last decade, vast majority of which was imported from mainland China.
Electricity consumption in Hong Kong from 2009 to 2023, by use
(in gigawatt hours)
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Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. (April 30, 2024). Electricity consumption in Hong Kong from 2009 to 2023, by use (in gigawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317297/hong-kong-electricity-consumption-by-use/
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. "Electricity consumption in Hong Kong from 2009 to 2023, by use (in gigawatt hours)." Chart. April 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317297/hong-kong-electricity-consumption-by-use/
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. (2024). Electricity consumption in Hong Kong from 2009 to 2023, by use (in gigawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317297/hong-kong-electricity-consumption-by-use/
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