The hydropower consumption in Central and South America amounted to 165.5 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2018, up from 163 million metric tons of oil equivalent a year earlier. The consumption of hydropower in the aforementioned region peaked in 2011 reaching more than 168 million metric tons of oil equivalent.
Hydropower consumption in Central and South America from 1998 to 2018
(in million metric tons of oil equivalent)
Consumption in million metric tons of oil equivalent
* Figures prior 2008 were found in previous versions of the report.
According to the source the data is based on gross primary hydroelectric generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply. Converted on the basis of thermal equivalence assuming 38% conversion efficiency in a thermal power station.
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BP. (June 11, 2019). Hydropower consumption in Central and South America from 1998 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/265566/hydropower-consumption-in-oil-equivalent-in-south-and-central-america/
BP. "Hydropower consumption in Central and South America from 1998 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent)." Chart. June 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265566/hydropower-consumption-in-oil-equivalent-in-south-and-central-america/
BP. (2019). Hydropower consumption in Central and South America from 1998 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265566/hydropower-consumption-in-oil-equivalent-in-south-and-central-america/
BP. "Hydropower Consumption in Central and South America from 1998 to 2018 (in Million Metric Tons of Oil Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/265566/hydropower-consumption-in-oil-equivalent-in-south-and-central-america/
BP, Hydropower consumption in Central and South America from 1998 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/265566/hydropower-consumption-in-oil-equivalent-in-south-and-central-america/ (last visited August 13, 2020)
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